Make it your Break! Benefits of Person-Break Fit for Post-Break Affect
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In: Occupational Health Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, 01.06.2019, p. 167-186.
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T1 - Make it your Break! Benefits of Person-Break Fit for Post-Break Affect
AU - Venz, Laura
AU - Bosch, Christine
AU - Pinck, Anna Sophia
AU - Sonnentag, Sabine
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - In this study, we examined lunch breaks from a person-environment fit perspective and hypothesized that employees who perceive high general person-break fit report lower negative and higher positive post-break affect than employees with low person-break fit. Further, we hypothesized that lunch break autonomy positively predicts perceived person-break fit and that chronic exhaustion moderates the relationship between person-break fit and post-break affect, such that the relationship is stronger when chronic exhaustion is high. Data from 227 participants surveyed at two measurement points showed that person-break fit was negatively related to post-break negative affect, with this relationship being stronger for participants experiencing high chronic exhaustion. Person-break fit was only positively associated with post-break positive affect for employees low on exhaustion. Break autonomy positively predicted employees’ perception of person-break fit. This study contributes to literature on well-being at work by highlighting the importance of fit between an employee’s general break-related needs and his or her actual breaks.
AB - In this study, we examined lunch breaks from a person-environment fit perspective and hypothesized that employees who perceive high general person-break fit report lower negative and higher positive post-break affect than employees with low person-break fit. Further, we hypothesized that lunch break autonomy positively predicts perceived person-break fit and that chronic exhaustion moderates the relationship between person-break fit and post-break affect, such that the relationship is stronger when chronic exhaustion is high. Data from 227 participants surveyed at two measurement points showed that person-break fit was negatively related to post-break negative affect, with this relationship being stronger for participants experiencing high chronic exhaustion. Person-break fit was only positively associated with post-break positive affect for employees low on exhaustion. Break autonomy positively predicted employees’ perception of person-break fit. This study contributes to literature on well-being at work by highlighting the importance of fit between an employee’s general break-related needs and his or her actual breaks.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Lunch break
KW - Fit
KW - Affect
KW - Autonomy
KW - Exhaustion
U2 - 10.1007/s41542-019-00036-2
DO - 10.1007/s41542-019-00036-2
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 3
SP - 167
EP - 186
JO - Occupational Health Science
JF - Occupational Health Science
SN - 2367-0142
IS - 2
ER -