Psychological detachment from work during off-job time: The role of job stressors, job involvement, and recovery-related self-efficacy
By Sabine Sonnentag, Undine Kruel. Work and Rest: A Topic for Work and Organizational Psychology, 2006
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Previous research has suggested that psychological detachment from work during off-job time is important in order to recover from stress encountered at the job. Psychological detachment refers to an individual's experience of being mentally away from work, to make a pause in thinking about work-related issues, thus to “switch off”. This study examines job stressors, job involvement, and recovery-related self-efficacy as predictors of psychological detachment in a sample of 148 school teachers. Psychological detachment was assessed by self-reports and by ratings provided by family members. Multiple regression analysis showed that workload, job involvement, and recovery-related self-efficacy were significant predictors of both self-rated and family-rated psychological detachment. The study findings suggest that with respect to practical implications it is crucial to manage workload and to increase recovery-related self-efficacy.
Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science
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- Leaving Work at Work: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Recovery From Work (2019, background): “Although it has been shown empirically to be an outcome of specific recovery activities (Oerlemans & Bakker, 2014), measuring individuals’ “state of being recovered” has also been used as proxy indicator for a successful recovery process (e.g., Binnewies et al., 2009).”
- After work is done: Psychological perspectives on recovery from work (2006, background): “When these boundaries between work and home become less clear people seem not able to distance themselves from the demands being imposed upon them, and therefore will have difficulties disengaging themselves from work (see Cropley, Dijk, & Stanley, 2006 this issue; Sonnentag & Kruel, 2006 this i”
- Work-related contact, work–family conflict, psychological distress and sleep problems experienced by construction professionals: an integrated explanatory model (2018, background): “It requires that employees ceases thinking about work and disengage mentally from it (Sonnentag and Kruel 2006).”