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A Diary Study on Anticipated Leisure Time, Morning Recovery, and Employees’ Work Engagement

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  • Sebastian Seibel

    (Work and Organizational Psychology Group, Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, 96047 Bamberg, Germany
    Work and Organizational Psychology Group, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany)

  • Judith Volmer

    (Work and Organizational Psychology Group, Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, 96047 Bamberg, Germany)

Abstract

Recovery during yesterday’s leisure time is beneficial 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 specific, 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 five 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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  • Sebastian Seibel & Judith Volmer, 2021. "A Diary Study on Anticipated Leisure Time, Morning Recovery, and Employees’ Work Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:18:p:9436-:d:630441
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