Investigation of effects of recreation activities on the working performance

In this study effect of participation of Trakya Birlik (Kocaeli) workers in recreationactivities on their work performance were investigated. Our goal was determination of effect of participation of workers in recreationactivities on their work performance. The importance of study is to determineparticipation of workers in recreative activities, whether employers make it possibleor not. Data obtained from workers questionnaire were coded and analysed with ?SPSS forWindows?. Analysis results shows that recreative activities has positive effects onwork performance. As a conclusion, individuals who joined sports and socialactivities were kept away from work stress and their work performance werepositively affected. This study also showed that facility workers were not informed enough about recreation, not encouraged for sportive activities, and recreation areaswere not used as productive