A series of three studies published in the Journal of Applied Psychology provides evidence that physical fitness is negatively correlated with deviant behaviors that violate organizational and societal norms. “I got interested in this topic because issues related to physical fitness (e.g., exhaustion, poor nutrition etc.) continue to be on the rise on a global scale and are not actively managed in most organizations,” explained study author Kenneth Tai, an associate professor in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. “This prompted my coauthors and myself to …
