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A diary study on anticipated leisure time, morning recovery, and employees’ work engagement
Seibel, Sebastian; Volmer, Judith (2021): A diary study on anticipated leisure time, morning recovery, and employees’ work engagement, in: International journal of environmental research and public health : IJERPH, Basel, Jg. 18, S. 9436, doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189436.
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International journal of environmental research and public health : IJERPH
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1660-4601
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MDPI AG
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Year of publication:
2021
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18
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English
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Recovery during yesterday’s leisure time is benefcial 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 specifc, 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 fve 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.
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Motivation
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morning recovery
leisure time
pleasant anticipation
work engagement
thoughts of a planned leisure activity
diary study
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Activation date:
November 10, 2021
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