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The effect of positive work reflection during leisure time on affective well-being: Results from three diary studies
Previous research showed that psychological detachment from work during leisure time is beneficial and that reflecting on negative aspects of work is detrimental for employees' well-being. However, little is known about the role of positive reflection about work during leisure time. In the present research, we examined the effects of positive work reflection on affective well-being. Additionally, we tested the effectiveness of an intervention to increase positive work reflection and to improve well-being with a randomized controlled field experiment. Findings from three diary studies showed that positive work reflection was related to an increase in affective well-being with regard to both positive and negative moods. The results further indicated that the benefits of positive work reflection were incremental to that of psychological detachment and the absence of negative work reflection. Contrary to our expectation, no evidence was found for the effectiveness of the intervention. Theoretical implications of main findings as well as supplementary findings are further discussed
Episodes of incivility between subordinates and supervisors: examining the role of self-control and time with an interaction-record diary study
Scholars have hypothesized that experiencing incivility not only negatively affects well-being, but may eventrigger further antisocial behavior. Previous research, however, has focused mainly on the relation betweenincivility and well-being. Thus, little is known about the behavioral consequences of incivility. With this inmind, we conducted an interaction-record diary study to examine whether supervisor incivility causes retal-iatory incivility against the supervisor. Using the self-control strength model as a framework, we further ex-amined whether the target’s trait (trait self-control) and state (exhaustion) self-regulatory capacities moderatethis effect. In addition, we examined the role of time by testing the duration of the effect. When we analyzedthe full data set, we found no support for our hypotheses. However, using a subset of the data in which thesubsequent interaction happened on the same day as the prior interaction, our results showed that experienc-ing incivility predicted incivility in the subsequent interaction, but only when the time lag between the twointeractions was short. Furthermore, in line with the assumption that self-regulatory capacities are requiredto restrain a target from retaliatory responses, the effect was stronger when individuals were exhausted. Incontrast to our assumption, trait self-control had no effect on instigated incivility.