Leaving Work at Work: A Meta-Analysis on Employee Recovery From Work
Laurens Bujold Steed · Brian W. Swider · Sejin Keem · Joseph T. Liu
Journal of Management · 2021
What the research tells us
This meta-analysis separates recovery activities, experiences and states. Their relationships with work demands, resources, well-being and performance differed, showing why one definition cannot simply stand in for the others.
What to keep in mind
The constructs overlap only partly. Pooled associations do not show that a particular activity causes every recovery outcome, and the samples should not be added to overlapping reviews as independent evidence.
Study at a glance
- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Meta-analysis using 198 empirical samples across employee-recovery research.
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- Recovery conceptualized as activities, experiences or states, and its relationship with demands and resources.
- OUTCOMES
- Well-being and performance; associations differed by the recovery construct measured.
- TIME FRAME
- Studies use different observation windows. Journal volume published in 2021; first online in 2019.
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