TY - JOUR
T1 - Energizing respites from work
T2 - a randomized controlled study on respite interventions
AU - Steidle, Anna
AU - Gonzalez-Morales, M. Gloria
AU - Hoppe, Annekatrin
AU - Michel, Alexandra
AU - O’shea, Deirdre
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/9/3
Y1 - 2017/9/3
N2 - Increasing and new work demands drain employees’ energy resources at work. This 4-week longitudinal field experiment investigated the energizing potential of a respite intervention conducted at the workplace (either a simulated savouring nature intervention or a progressive muscle relaxation intervention). First, growth modelling analyses confirmed a linear trend for the growth of vigour and decline in fatigue across the days of the intervention group, indicating a typical upward resource trajectory. No changes appeared in the control group. Mediation analyses indicated that repeatedly engaging in a daily respite intervention influenced more stable energy levels after the intervention period indirectly through the immediate changes in daily energy levels during the intervention period. Findings suggest that, in some cases, respite interventions may present a useful tool to replenish and build energy resources at work. Implications for using respite intervention in organizational research and practice are discussed.
AB - Increasing and new work demands drain employees’ energy resources at work. This 4-week longitudinal field experiment investigated the energizing potential of a respite intervention conducted at the workplace (either a simulated savouring nature intervention or a progressive muscle relaxation intervention). First, growth modelling analyses confirmed a linear trend for the growth of vigour and decline in fatigue across the days of the intervention group, indicating a typical upward resource trajectory. No changes appeared in the control group. Mediation analyses indicated that repeatedly engaging in a daily respite intervention influenced more stable energy levels after the intervention period indirectly through the immediate changes in daily energy levels during the intervention period. Findings suggest that, in some cases, respite interventions may present a useful tool to replenish and build energy resources at work. Implications for using respite intervention in organizational research and practice are discussed.
KW - Energy management
KW - fatigue
KW - progressive muscle relaxation
KW - savouring nature
KW - vigour
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85022226483&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1348348
DO - 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1348348
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85022226483
SN - 1359-432X
VL - 26
SP - 650
EP - 662
JO - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
JF - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
IS - 5
ER -