Published In
Journal of Management
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2019
Subjects
Work -- Psychological aspects, Industrial psychology, Corporate culture, Employee motivation, Multilevel models (Statistics)
Abstract
Reattachment to work (i.e., rebuilding a mental connection to work) before actually starting work is important for work engagement during the day. Building on motivated action theory, this study examines anticipated task focus, positive affect, and job resources (job control and social support) as mediators that translate reattachment in the morning into work engagement during the day. We collected daily-survey data from 151 employees (total of 620 days) and analyzed these data with a multilevel path model. We found that day-level reattachment to work in the morning predicted anticipated task focus, positive affect, social support, and job control through goal activation and that anticipated task focus, positive affect, social support, and job control predicted work engagement during the day. This study points to the important role of reattachment to work in employee experiences and behaviors throughout the workday and specifically highlights the benefits of such initial mental boundary crossing between life domains for employee engagement at work.
DOI
10.1177/0149206319829823
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32785
Citation Details
Sonnentag, S., Eck, K., Fritz, C., & Kühnel, J. (2019). Morning Reattachment to Work and Work Engagement During the Day: A Look at Day-Level Mediators. Journal of Management, 0149206319829823.
Description
© The Author(s) 2019
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).