Recovery during the weekend and fluctuations in weekly job performance: A week-level study examining intra-individual relationships

By Carmen Binnewies, Sabine Sonnentag, Eva J. Mojza. 2010

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For most employees, the weekend offers the opportunity to recover and unwind from demands faced during the working week. In this study, first, we examined which factors contribute to employees' successful recovery during the weekend. Second, we investigated if being highly recovered after the weekend benefits different dimensions of job performance during the week. Using a within-person design we conducted a week-level study with 133 employees over four working weeks. Participants responded to weekly web-based surveys at the beginning and at the end of the working week. Hierarchical linear modelling showed that psychological detachment, relaxation, and mastery experiences during the weekend predicted the state of being recovered at the beginning of the working week. The state of being recovered in turn predicted fluctuations in weekly task performance, personal initiative, organizational citizenship behaviour, and low perceived effort. Our results stress the importance of recovery during the weekend for both the individual and for organizations.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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In Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• The Short-lived Benefits of Abusive Supervisory Behavior for Actors: An Investigation of Recovery and Work Engagement (2017, background): “Moreover, conservation of resources theory suggests that resource recovery must be experienced in order for employees to be fully engaged in their work (Binnewies et al., 2010; Rich et al., 2010; Schaufeli et al., 2002).”
• Leaving Work at Work: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Recovery From Work (2019, background): “For example, engaging in nonwork creative activities was positively associated with OCBs on the job (Eschleman et al., 2014).”
• Rumination for innovation? Analysing the longitudinal effects of work-related rumination on creativity at work and off-job recovery (2017, methodology): “Empirical support for the ERM model stems from the literature on work stress recovery, which shows positive relationships between successful recovery and work performance (Binnewies et al., 2009, 2010; Fritz & Sonnentag, 2005, 2006; Sonnentag, 2003).”
• Polychronicity and Multitasking: A Diary Study at Work (2015, methodology): “This instrument has also been used in other diary research (Binnewies et al., 2010).”
• Within-Person Variability in Job Performance (2014, background): “At best, organizations can provide resources (such as discounted gym memberships) and recommendations that enhance recovery during nonwork hours (Binnewies et al., 2010).”