Leaving Work at Work: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Recovery From Work

Authors

Laurens Bujold Steed, Miami University
Brian W. Swider, University of Florida
Sejin Keem, Portland State UniversityFollow
Joseph T. Liu, Florida Gulf Coast University

Published In

Journal of Management

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

8-6-2019

Abstract

After reviewing the various ways employee recovery from work has been conceptualized in existing literature as well as the predominant theoretical frameworks used to study recovery, we meta-analyze the relationships between employee recovery, demands, resources, well-being, and performance. We also quantitatively examine the conceptualizations of recovery as activities, experiences, or states in terms of both their intercorrelations and differing effects with demands, resources, well-being, and performance. Results of meta-analyses using a total of 198 empirical samples indicated general support for the hypothesized positive relationships between employee recovery and resources, well-being, and performance as well as a negative relationship with demands. However, the size and consistency of observed effects differed markedly based on the conceptualization utilized. Additionally, various conceptualizations of recovery were shown to be only modestly related, while recovery experiences and the state of being recovered were shown to have substantial temporal consistency. Implications of these findings for scholars studying recovery and practitioners are discussed.

Description

© The Author(s) 2019

Locate the Document

http://doi.org/10.1177/0149206319864153

DOI

10.1177/0149206319864153

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29866

Citation Details

Steed, L. B., Swider, B. W., Keem, S., & Liu, J. T. (2019). Leaving Work at Work: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Recovery From Work. Journal of Management.