The effect of employee recreation on employee productivity

Although the human factor prevents sharp and easy evaluation of employee productivity, it is a sensitive element that should not be overlooked in order to increase productivity. For this reason, every opportunity should be well considered, both to make people work more productively and have no negative effect on people. At this point, using the constructive power of the recreation can be considered as an effective solution. The aim of the research within this framework is to examine the effect of recreational activities on employee productivity. The first section of the study covers the process of developing the required scale. In this section, The Recreation-Based Employee Productivity Scale has been developed by considering scale development model of sequential exploratory design. The second section of the study includes the experimental research process conducted to examine the effect of employee recreation on employee productivity. The experimental research process was carried out within the framework of the Solomon Four Group Design. In this section, data were collected by means of The Recreation-Based Employee Productivity Scale and then analysis was conducted. As a result of the study, it was found that employee recreation program has a positive and large effect on employee productivity. Keywords: Employee Recreation, Employee Productivity, Recreational Activity