Title

Exploring the Role of Emotional Stability and Remote Work as Resources in Detaching from Work

Department

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

The sizable increase in remote jobs within the last two years has led researchers to question how remote and in-person workers recover differently and what organizations can do to best facilitate their recovery from work. Yet, few empirical studies identify which individual and situational characteristics assist or inhibit recovery from work. Using Sonnentag and Fritz’s (2015) stressor-detachment model as theoretical framework, the proposed study investigates attentional resources (i.e., work location) and personal resources (i.e., emotional stability) that moderate the relationship of job stressors and well-being which is mediated by psychological detachment from work during non-work hours. Specifically, one’s levels of emotional stability likely play a role in how stress is appraised at work, while work location likely impacts one’s ability to divert attention away from job stressors.

Date

October 2022

Subject

Industrial and organizational psychology

Document Type

posters

Language

English

Rights

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License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Exploring the Role of Emotional Stability and Remote Work as Resources in Detaching from Work

The sizable increase in remote jobs within the last two years has led researchers to question how remote and in-person workers recover differently and what organizations can do to best facilitate their recovery from work. Yet, few empirical studies identify which individual and situational characteristics assist or inhibit recovery from work. Using Sonnentag and Fritz’s (2015) stressor-detachment model as theoretical framework, the proposed study investigates attentional resources (i.e., work location) and personal resources (i.e., emotional stability) that moderate the relationship of job stressors and well-being which is mediated by psychological detachment from work during non-work hours. Specifically, one’s levels of emotional stability likely play a role in how stress is appraised at work, while work location likely impacts one’s ability to divert attention away from job stressors.