This study examined the relationship between work-time pressure during the workday and recovery at the beginning of the following workday and the role of segmentation supplies and psychological...Show moreThis study examined the relationship between work-time pressure during the workday and recovery at the beginning of the following workday and the role of segmentation supplies and psychological detachment. The research question was as follows: ‘’What is the relationship between work-time pressure and recovery at the beginning of the following workday and what is the role of work-home segmentation supplies and psychological detachment from work as moderators of this relationship?’’. Recovery was measured through questionnaires, as a state, by levels of fatigue and vigor. Five hypotheses were tested by the data of one day from a diary study, which was conducted online. Work-time pressure and psychological detachment were measured in the evening and recovery the next morning. Segmentation supplies was measured at the start of the diary study through a questionnaire. The final number of respondents was N= 45 (26.7 percent male and 73.3 percent female). The findings indicate no significant relationship between daily work-time pressure and recovery. Segmentation supplies and psychological detachment were examined as possible moderators of this relationship but showed no significant relationships. However, segmentation supplies positively predicted vigor significantly. Finally, the relationship between segmentation supplies and psychological detachment was examined, but also showed no significant relationship. Concluding, more research is necessary to increase the reliability of the results. Furthermore, organizations and employers need to be aware of working conditions and how this relates to recovery of their employees to be able to prevent poor employee health in the long run.Show less
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees were forced to work from home. The sudden change of working from home causes blurry boundaries between work and non-work life and, therefore, has an impact...Show moreDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees were forced to work from home. The sudden change of working from home causes blurry boundaries between work and non-work life and, therefore, has an impact on work-life balance. This study provides insight into the possible effect of boundary control on employee’s well-being who are working from home. The present paper investigated the interaction between job demands and job control in relation to emotional exhaustion. Subsequently, the study investigated the possible moderating effect of boundary control on this relationship. An online questionnaire, based on the Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire (LQWQ), The Work-Life Indicator, and the Utrecht Burnout School (UBOS-A), was distributed among employees who performed their work from home (N=151). To test the four hypotheses, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed. Contrary to the hypotheses, the interaction between job demands and job control did not predict emotional exhaustion nor boundary control. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that boundary control moderates the relationship of the interaction between job demands, job control, and emotional exhaustion. However, no moderating effect of boundary control was found within this study. This study did find a relationship between boundary control and emotional exhaustion. To conclude, this paper showed that having low boundary control is related to higher levels of emotional exhaustion. However, these results should be interpreted with some caution, due to the low reliability and validity of boundary control. Based on these results, strengths, limitations, suggestions for future research, and practical implications were proposed.Show less
As previous research shows that recovery experiences have many benefits for employees, it is important to investigate which factors are related to and important for recovery experiences. Therefore,...Show moreAs previous research shows that recovery experiences have many benefits for employees, it is important to investigate which factors are related to and important for recovery experiences. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible moderating role of job control in the relationship between job demands and recovery experiences and in the relationship between job demands and boundary control, and the possible moderating role of boundary control in the relationship between the interaction of job demands and job control and recovery experiences in employees who work from home. It was hypothesized that job control would serve as a moderator in the relationship between job demands and recovery experiences and in the relationship between job demands and boundary control. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that boundary control was positively related to recovery experiences and that boundary control moderates the relationship between the interaction of job demands and job control and recovery experiences positively. There were 151 participants, who were employees who work from home due to COVID-19, with the age of 19 to 66 years who completed an online questionnaire about their job demands, job control, recovery experiences, boundary control and some demographic- and background variables. A multiple hierarchical regression analysis was performed to investigate the four hypotheses. Contrary to the expectations, the results showed that job control did not serve as a moderator in the relationship between job demands and recovery experiences and in the relationship between job demands and boundary control, and boundary control did not serve as a moderator in the relationship between the interaction of job demands and job control and recovery experiences. However, as expected, the results showed that boundary control was positively related to recovery experiences. The present study contributes to the existing literature and to the development of interventions that aim to increase recovery experiences, because it provides evidence for the positive relationship between boundary control and recovery experiences. Future research is needed to investigate this relationship in a longitudinal research design, in order to draw conclusions about the causality of this relationship for the development of interventions.Show less
Objectives. The current study aims to examine whether four burnout-engagement cluster groups could be identified based on burnout and engagement dimension scores, and to investigate whether these...Show moreObjectives. The current study aims to examine whether four burnout-engagement cluster groups could be identified based on burnout and engagement dimension scores, and to investigate whether these four cluster groups differed significantly in terms of job demands and job resources. Methods. A cross-sectional study, involving 877 professionals working at the Emergency Department, was carried out in 19 hospitals in the Netherlands in 2017. Burnout was assessed by the Utrecht Burnout Scale, work engagement with the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and job demands and job resources by the Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire for nurses and doctors, and the Quality of Labor Questionnaire. Results. K-means cluster analysis revealed that four groups could be identified with varying levels of burnout complaints and engagement. However, CH-index showed that two main clusters, the burnout and engagement group, were best at describing the data. Subsequent MANOVA analysis revealed that the groups differed in terms of job demands and resources. Additionally, it was found that the engaged group experienced high resources and low demands compared to the burnout group with low resources and high demands. Conclusion. This study found evidence for a distinction between the burnout-engagement cluster groups regarding the burnout and engagement dimension scores. Furthermore, the findings provide confirmation that the burnout and engagement group significantly differed in terms of job demands and job resources. Future research should focus on various perceptions of Emergency Department professionals and longitudinal research.Show less
