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Dissertation
Redeeming humanity by redeeming work: one meal at a time
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.), Drexel University
Mar 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010902
Abstract
Food and shared mealtimes have made up significant parts of our culture and humanity for all times that we can study. As we and our work continue to evolve some things remain constant, our need for food, yet some things have a propensity to change, the role and place of food at work. This research investigates the role of commensality, sharing meals, in the work environment, drawing from the Social Exchange Theory and the theory of Office Gastrodiplomacy. This study investigates the role and impact of workplace commensality as it relates to workplace relationships and employee turnover intention and stress. In this study commensality is examined collectively in two parts: Food Culture, and Food Engagement. I hypothesize that food engagement is positively related to workplace relationships and that food culture moderates that relationship. I also hypothesize that workplace relationships mediate the negative relationship between food engagement and employee turnover intention/stress. I test my hypotheses in a cross-sectional quantitative survey design consisting of 832 participants. The survey results are then analyzed using a linear regression PROCESS Model which shows the ultimately significant relationship between the constructs to be that of food culture positively relates to food engagement which mediates the positive relationship between food culture and workplace relationships, and where workplace relationships mediates the negative relationship between food engagement and employee turnover intention/stress. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are then also discussed.
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- Title
- Redeeming humanity by redeeming work
- Creators
- Heather Briani Matos
- Contributors
- Lauren D'Innocenzo (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- ix, 142 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991022043394104721