Advances in recovery research: What have we learned? What should be done next?
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In: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Vol. 22, No. 3, 01.07.2017, p. 365-380.
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T1 - Advances in recovery research
T2 - What have we learned? What should be done next?
AU - Sonnentag, Sabine
AU - Venz, Laura
AU - Casper, Anne
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Job-stress recovery during nonwork time is an important factor for employee well-being. This article reviews the recovery literature, starting with a brief historical overview. It provides a definition of recovery that differentiates between recovery as a process and recovery as an outcome. Empirical studies have shown that recovery activities (e.g., physical exercise) and recovery experiences (e.g., psychological detachment from work) are negatively associated with strain symptoms (e.g., exhaustion) and positively associated with positive well-being indicators (e.g., vigor). Recovery activities and recovery experiences suffer when employees face a high level of job stressors. Psychological mechanisms underlying recovery seem to be similar across different temporal recovery settings (e.g., work breaks, free evenings, vacations) and seem to be enhanced in natural environments. Intervention studies have pointed to a diverse set of strategies for how everyday job-stress recovery can be supported. This article discusses 5 avenues for future research, with a particular focus on individual and contextual factors that may influence recovery as well as highlighting more complex temporal patterns than those uncovered in previous research.
AB - Job-stress recovery during nonwork time is an important factor for employee well-being. This article reviews the recovery literature, starting with a brief historical overview. It provides a definition of recovery that differentiates between recovery as a process and recovery as an outcome. Empirical studies have shown that recovery activities (e.g., physical exercise) and recovery experiences (e.g., psychological detachment from work) are negatively associated with strain symptoms (e.g., exhaustion) and positively associated with positive well-being indicators (e.g., vigor). Recovery activities and recovery experiences suffer when employees face a high level of job stressors. Psychological mechanisms underlying recovery seem to be similar across different temporal recovery settings (e.g., work breaks, free evenings, vacations) and seem to be enhanced in natural environments. Intervention studies have pointed to a diverse set of strategies for how everyday job-stress recovery can be supported. This article discusses 5 avenues for future research, with a particular focus on individual and contextual factors that may influence recovery as well as highlighting more complex temporal patterns than those uncovered in previous research.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Leisure
KW - Recovery
KW - Well-being
KW - Stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017131909&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/ocp0000079
DO - 10.1037/ocp0000079
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 28358572
AN - SCOPUS:85017131909
VL - 22
SP - 365
EP - 380
JO - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
SN - 1076-8998
IS - 3
ER -