| Document ID (ISN) | 109773 |
| CIS number |
09-981 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0267-8373 - Work and Stress |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sonnentag S., Mojza E.J., Binnewies C., Scholl A. |
| Title |
Being engaged at work and detached at home: A week-level study on work engagement, psychological detachment, and affect |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 2008, Vol.22, No.3, p.257-276. Illus. 72 ref. |
| Abstract |
Although work engagement is associated with positive outcomes for the employee and the organization, this article suggests that employees also need time periods for temporarily disengaging from work. It is hypothesized that psychological detachment from work during off-job time is particularly important when work engagement is high. Over the course of four working weeks, 159 employees from five German organizations from various industries completed surveys twice a week. Hierarchical linear modelling showed that work engagement moderated the relationship between psychological detachment and positive affect. These findings suggest that both engagement when being at work and disengagement when being away from work are most beneficial for employees' affective states. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
non-occupational factors; mental health; motivation; psychology of work organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; questionnaire survey; psychology and sociology; Germany |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors
|
