Eating Together at the Firehouse: How Workplace Commensality Relates to the Performance of Firefighters

Kniffin, Kevin M.; Wansink, Brian; Devine, Carol M.; Sobal, Jeffery

doi:10.1080/08959285.2015.1021049

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“…In our case, we are interested in the potential for music to significantly influence cooperative behavior. Our interests are complementary to recent findings that show the importance of an organization's physical features for facilitating cooperative behavior (e.g., Ashkanasy et al, ; Kniffin et al, ).…”

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“…In their case, Ashkanasy and co‐authors called for researchers to consider questions such as whether “working in high‐density open‐plan workspaces triggers affective reactions such as anger and frustration that then lead to negative attitudes and poor work attitudes (low affective commitment)” (2014, p. 1180) . In related work, Kniffin et al () highlighted the specific roles that workplace eateries (e.g., cafeterias, kitchens) can have upon cooperation among co‐workers and team‐level performance. Considering the significant expenses that organizations incur for establishing and maintaining physical workspaces, it is clear that research into aspects of workplace design that are often taken‐for‐granted is warranted for assessing the degree to which firms might reasonably consider such expenses to be investments that can generate returns as a function of the design.…”

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SummaryMusic as an environmental aspect of professional workplaces has been closely studied with respect to consumer behavior while sparse attention has been given to its relevance for employee behavior. In this article, we focus on the influence of music upon cooperative behavior within decision‐making groups. Based on results from two extended 20‐round public goods experiments, we find that happy music significantly and positively influences cooperative behavior. We also find a significant positive association between mood and cooperative behavior. Consequently, while our studies provide partial support for the relevance of affect in relation to cooperation within groups, we also show an independently important function of happy music that fits with a theory of synchronous and rhythmic activity as a social lubricant. More generally, our findings indicate that music and perhaps other atmospheric variables that are designed to prime consumer behavior might have comparably important effects for employees and consequently warrant closer investigation. Copyright © 2016 The Authors Journal of Organizational Behavior Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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“…Social activities (e.g., meeting with others) during evening or weekend breaks have been found to be positively related to workers' well-being (Fritz & Sonnentag, 2005;Sonnentag, 2001). Commensality (i.e., eating together) at work has also been linked to higher levels of team performance (Kniffin, Wansink, Devine, & Sobal, 2015).…”

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Experimental Evidence for the Influence of Occupational Future Time Perspective on Social Preferences During Lunch Breaks

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2017

Work, Aging and Retirement

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A BSTR ACT Socioemotional selectivity theory predicts shifts in social motives from resource acquisition to emotional well-being when endings are salient. In the work context, the theory has instigated much research on understanding age-related shifts in motivation, yet this research has exclusively relied on correlational paradigms. To provide experimental evidence for key tenets of the theory, we manipulated employees' occupational future time perspective in 2 scenarioexperiments (N1 = 150, N2 = 240) to understand why some employees prefer emotionally close social partners for a joint lunch break, while others prefer instrumental ones. We found that emotionally close companions were generally preferred for a joint lunch. At the same time, employees with a long-term perspective (those imagining a permanent employment contract or being far from retirement) preferred instrumental social partners relatively more often than employees with a limited time perspective (those imagining having resigned or being close to retirement). Having limited future goals (i.e., imagining low career ambitions) further led to preferring fewer instrumental and even more emotionally close companions. Overall, this research shows that the main tenets of socioemotional selectivity theory are directly applicable to the work context and, further, that work-related social contacts seem to change not only after retirement, but also before when this life event is approaching. In terms of practical implications, our findings suggest to consider that employees with different time horizons and career ambitions might have different social motivations at work.

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“…(21–26)]. More specifically, Study 2 permits us to consider the “sexual selection” concepts of (a) intra-sexual selection, which predicts competition among members of the same sex and (b) mate choice [e.g., Ref.…”

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Exhibitionist Eating: Who Wins Eating Competitions?

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Kniffin

2016

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ObjectiveHow and why does competition and spectator involvement influence eating behaviors? The primary objective of this article is to explore the nature of competitive eating with the goal of identifying implications for other social situations.DesignStudy 1 investigated how many chicken wings were eaten by men and women in a 30-min eating competition when cheering spectators either were or were not present (compared to a control condition). The second study sought to explain Study 1’s findings through a survey of 93 students who rated male or female competitive eaters (in randomized order) based on intelligence, attractiveness, health, strength, and how romantic they expected the eaters to be.ResultsExploratory findings show competitive eaters ate approximately four times as many chicken wings as a similar control group, and the presence of a cheering audience further increased wing consumption for males (but decreased consumption for females). Study 2 suggests part of the over-performance of males may be related to a shared positive perception that competitive male eaters are strong and virile.ConclusionEven in relatively low-stakes environments, competitive visibility may dramatically increase how much males eat. These preliminary results help illuminate recent discoveries that males overeat in various social situations where there are opportunities for men to “show off.” This may have relevance for dining behavior – especially among younger males – at parties, banquets, group dinners, and similar social situations.

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Eating Together at the Firehouse: How Workplace Commensality Relates to the Performance of Firefighters

Cited by 59 publications

References 92 publications

The sound of cooperation: Musical influences on cooperative behavior

The sound of cooperation: Musical influences on cooperative behavior

Experimental Evidence for the Influence of Occupational Future Time Perspective on Social Preferences During Lunch Breaks

Exhibitionist Eating: Who Wins Eating Competitions?

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