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A Diary Study on Anticipated Leisure Time, Morning Recovery, and Employees’ Work Engagement
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246090
- Recovery during yesterday’s leisure time is beneficial for morning recovery, and morning recovery fosters employees’ work engagement, a positive, motivational state associated with job performance. We extended existing research by assuming that both, morning recovery (considered a resource) and anticipated leisure time (considered an anticipated resource gain), relate to work engagement. Anticipated leisure time comprises two constructs: general anticipation of leisure time, which refers to employees’ cognitive evaluation of their entireRecovery during yesterday’s leisure time is beneficial for morning recovery, and morning recovery fosters employees’ work engagement, a positive, motivational state associated with job performance. We extended existing research by assuming that both, morning recovery (considered a resource) and anticipated leisure time (considered an anticipated resource gain), relate to work engagement. Anticipated leisure time comprises two constructs: general anticipation of leisure time, which refers to employees’ cognitive evaluation of their entire upcoming leisure time, and pleasant anticipation of a planned leisure activity, which describes a positive affective reaction because of one specific, upcoming leisure activity. We suggested that employees with high pleasant anticipation generate more thoughts of a planned leisure activity (ToPLA), which may distract them from their work, reducing their work engagement. A diary study over five days showed that morning recovery and general anticipation of leisure time were positively related to work engagement. Furthermore, employees with higher pleasant anticipation of a planned leisure activity reported more ToPLA. In contrast to our expectations, neither pleasant anticipation nor ToPLA was related to work engagement. In sum, this study introduced anticipated leisure time as a novel antecedent of work engagement and demonstrated that anticipated resource gains are important for high work engagement.…
Author: | Sebastian SeibelORCiD, Judith VolmerORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246090 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut für Psychologie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Year of Completion: | 2021 |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 18 |
Article Number: | 9436 |
Source: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(18), 9436; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189436 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189436 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Tag: | diary study; leisure time; morning recovery; pleasant anticipation; thoughts of a planned leisure activity; work engagement |
Release Date: | 2022/01/10 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/09/07 |
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2021 | |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |