Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore whether work engagement during the work period affected the specific recovery process during the non-work period. According to the Work-Home Resources (W-HR) model, this study from a day-level perspective used work engagement as a predictor of non-work mastery experiences as well as control experiences and explored whether the mediating role of recovery level at the end of the workday was established, which was beneficial to re-understand the role of work engagement in promoting employees’ well-being in the transition from work to non-work. A daily diary design was adopted, with 2 measurement occasions per day for 1 workweek (N = 112 persons, 510 valid data sets in within-person level). Results about day-level relationships confirmed that work engagement was positively associated with the non-work mastery experiences as well as control experiences, recovery level at the end of the workday played a mediating role between daily work engagement and non-work control experiences, but the mediating role between work engagement and non-work mastery experiences was not established at the within-person level. Practical and theoretical implications for work engagement and non-work recovery were discussed.
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Following suggestions by anonymous reviewers, we also controlled the delayed (T-1) state recovery, mastery and the effect on current state recovery, mastery, and control. That did not alter the significance of our findings.
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Li, W.H., Zhou, Y., Su, J.X. et al. Engage your work, and enjoy your evening: How daily work engagement promotes non-work mastery and control experiences. Curr Psychol 42, 19970–19980 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03100-3
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