'Take a break?!' : off-job recovery, job demands, and job resources as predictors of health, active learning, and creativity

Autor: Marieke van den Tooren, Ellen Spoor, Sabine Sonnentag, Christian Dormann, Jan de Jonge
Přispěvatelé: Human Performance Management, Department of Social Psychology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 21(3), 321-348. Taylor and Francis Ltd.
ISSN: 1359-432X
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.576009
Popis: The aim of this study is to investigate the moderating effect of matching job resources as well as matching off-job recovery (i.e., detachment from work) on the relation between corresponding job demands and psychological outcomes. Using the Demand-Induced Strain Compensation (DISC) Model as a theoretical framework, we conducted a cross-sectional survey study with 399 employees from three Dutch organizations. Results showed that (1) cognitive demands, resources, and lack of detachment are predictors of cognitive outcomes (i.e., active learning and creativity), (2) emotional demands and lack of detachment are predictors of emotional outcomes (i.e., emotional exhaustion), and (3) physical demands, lack of detachment, and lack of resources are predictors of physical outcomes (i.e., physical health complaints). Specifically, cognitive detachment from work might have negative effects on learning and creativity, whereas emotional and physical detachment from work might have positive effects on employees' health, and even on creativity. In conclusion, in order to cope with specific job demands, employees need corresponding job resources and detachment from work to balance health and performance-related outcomes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE