Abstract
What can reduce cognitive failures at work and home domains is relatively unknown. Moreover, even though it has been assumed that employees who use flexible work arrangements will have more resources at home, this has never been empirically tested. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, which posits that resources can generate new resources to create a gain spiral and impede demands, this study examines the relationships between workplace flextime use, perceived control at work and home, and cognitive failures at work and home. With data from 229 employees that responded to surveys at two time points, our findings demonstrate that workplace flextime use can lessen employees’ cognitive failures at work and home by increasing their perceived control in both domains.
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Respondents were required to answer two attention check questions and select a specific answer. Respondents who provided the wrong answer were automatically withdrawn from the survey immediately and did not receive any incentives. For example, we asked our respondents whether they work for 28 h per day. Respondents have to answer “no” in order to continue the survey.
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Hsu, YS., Chen, YP. & Shaffer, M.A. Reducing Work and Home Cognitive Failures: the Roles of Workplace Flextime Use and Perceived Control. J Bus Psychol 36, 155–172 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-019-09673-4
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