TY - JOUR

T1 - Rain, rain go away! A diary study on morning weather and affective well‐being at work

AU - Venz, Laura

AU - Pundt, Alexander

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. Applied Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Association of Applied Psychology.

PY - 2021/10/1

Y1 - 2021/10/1

N2 - Weather determines a number of affective experiences in everyday life. Although affective events theory positions environmental features such as the weather as important in determining affective well‐being also at work, research in this regard has mainly focused on predictors within the person or work context. Addressing this gap, we studied how daily morning weather relates to day‐specific affective well‐being at work. Specifically, we examined vigor and job satisfaction as positive well‐being states, and negative affect and burnout as negative well‐being states. Additionally, we examined individual weather sensitivity and positive/negative affectivity as person‐level moderators of the daily weather‐well‐being relationship. Using data gathered in a diary study with 115 employees reporting on 457 workdays, we found morning weather to be related to state vigor and job satisfaction, but not to negative affect and burnout. Positive affectivity moderated the relationships between morning weather and job satisfaction as well as burnout. Weather sensitivity moderated the relationship between morning weather and vigor, while negative affectivity did not moderate any relationship between morning weather and well‐being at work. Our results contribute to the understanding of affective well‐being at work by pointing at the role environmental factors such as weather conditions can play.

AB - Weather determines a number of affective experiences in everyday life. Although affective events theory positions environmental features such as the weather as important in determining affective well‐being also at work, research in this regard has mainly focused on predictors within the person or work context. Addressing this gap, we studied how daily morning weather relates to day‐specific affective well‐being at work. Specifically, we examined vigor and job satisfaction as positive well‐being states, and negative affect and burnout as negative well‐being states. Additionally, we examined individual weather sensitivity and positive/negative affectivity as person‐level moderators of the daily weather‐well‐being relationship. Using data gathered in a diary study with 115 employees reporting on 457 workdays, we found morning weather to be related to state vigor and job satisfaction, but not to negative affect and burnout. Positive affectivity moderated the relationships between morning weather and job satisfaction as well as burnout. Weather sensitivity moderated the relationship between morning weather and vigor, while negative affectivity did not moderate any relationship between morning weather and well‐being at work. Our results contribute to the understanding of affective well‐being at work by pointing at the role environmental factors such as weather conditions can play.

KW - Psychology

KW - Weather

KW - Affect

KW - Vigor

KW - job satisfaction

KW - Bournout

KW - Diary study

KW - Organizational behavior

KW - Environmental psychology

KW - Germany

KW - Weather

KW - Affect

KW - Vigor

KW - Job satisfaction

KW - Bournout

KW - Diary study

KW - Organizational behavior

KW - Environmental psychology

KW - Germany

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/65fb6ea7-4691-3c8d-b3cd-ea30c1a8ca07/

U2 - 10.1111/apps.12299

DO - 10.1111/apps.12299

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 70

SP - 1856

EP - 1871

JO - Applied Psychology

JF - Applied Psychology

SN - 0269-994X

IS - 4

ER -