Staying well and engaged when demands are high: The role of psychological detachment.
Abstract
The authors of this study examined the relation between job demands and psychological detachment from work during off-job time (i.e., mentally switching off) with psychological well-being and work engagement. They hypothesized that high job demands and low levels of psychological detachment predict poor well-being and low work engagement. They proposed that psychological detachment buffers the negative impact of high job demands on well-being and work engagement. A longitudinal study (12-month time lag) with 309 human service employees showed that high job demands predicted emotional exhaustion, psychosomatic complaints, and low work engagement over time. Psychological detachment from work during off-job time predicted emotional exhaustion and buffered the relation between job demands and an increase in psychosomatic complaints and between job demands and a decrease in work engagement. The findings of this study suggest that psychological detachment from work during off-job time is an important factor that helps to protect employee well-being and work engagement.
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Sabine Sonnentag, Carmen Binnewies, Eva J. Mojza (2010). Staying well and engaged when demands are high: The role of psychological detachment.. Journal of Applied Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020032
@article{sabine2010staying,
title = {Staying well and engaged when demands are high: The role of psychological detachment.},
author = {Sonnentag, Sabine and Binnewies, Carmen and Mojza, Eva J.},
year = {2010},
journal = {Journal of Applied Psychology},
doi = {10.1037/a0020032}
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