“Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance

dc.contributor.advisorBagraim, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorvan Wyngaarden, Georgia
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-22T09:44:47Z
dc.date.available2022-03-22T09:44:47Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-03-22T07:35:14Z
dc.description.abstractSufficient rest breaks are needed for optimal performance in traditional workplaces, but it is unclear how working with a loosely structured work schedule impacts recovery. Students have temporal flexibility and serve as a good proxy for all groups who work unstructured work schedules. Since most students and employees use the weekend to recover, this study investigated the relationship between recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment, relaxation, and mastery) over the weekend and the state of being recovered on the following Monday. Further, the relationship between the state of being recovered on Monday and weekday performance indicators (i.e., task performance and personal initiative) was investigated. Data was collected over three consecutive weeks from a cohort of first-year university students (N = 106) using a quantitative diary study design. This study administered seven surveys (i.e., a personal data survey once, a pre-weekend survey three times, and a postweekend survey three times). After three weeks, 66 participants (N = 66) had completed all the surveys at the person level, yielding 148 matched observations at the week-level. Multilevel modelling showed that weekend relaxation positively predicted the state of being recovered on Monday. Weekend psychological detachment and weekend mastery experiences did not predict the state of being recovered on Monday, and the state of being recovered did not predict weekly personal initiative or weekly task performance. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are presented, as are limitations and suggestions for future research.
dc.identifier.apacitationvan Wyngaarden, G. (2021). <i>“Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationvan Wyngaarden, Georgia. <i>"“Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan Wyngaarden, G. 2021. “Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - van Wyngaarden, Georgia AB - Sufficient rest breaks are needed for optimal performance in traditional workplaces, but it is unclear how working with a loosely structured work schedule impacts recovery. Students have temporal flexibility and serve as a good proxy for all groups who work unstructured work schedules. Since most students and employees use the weekend to recover, this study investigated the relationship between recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment, relaxation, and mastery) over the weekend and the state of being recovered on the following Monday. Further, the relationship between the state of being recovered on Monday and weekday performance indicators (i.e., task performance and personal initiative) was investigated. Data was collected over three consecutive weeks from a cohort of first-year university students (N = 106) using a quantitative diary study design. This study administered seven surveys (i.e., a personal data survey once, a pre-weekend survey three times, and a postweekend survey three times). After three weeks, 66 participants (N = 66) had completed all the surveys at the person level, yielding 148 matched observations at the week-level. Multilevel modelling showed that weekend relaxation positively predicted the state of being recovered on Monday. Weekend psychological detachment and weekend mastery experiences did not predict the state of being recovered on Monday, and the state of being recovered did not predict weekly personal initiative or weekly task performance. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are presented, as are limitations and suggestions for future research. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Weekend recovery KW - psychological detachment KW - mastery KW - relaxation KW - personal initiative KW - task performance KW - state of being recovered KW - first-year university students KW - multilevel modelling LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - “Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance TI - “Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationvan Wyngaarden G. “Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,Organisational Psychology, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36189en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentOrganisational Psychology
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerce
dc.subjectWeekend recovery
dc.subjectpsychological detachment
dc.subjectmastery
dc.subjectrelaxation
dc.subjectpersonal initiative
dc.subjecttask performance
dc.subjectstate of being recovered
dc.subjectfirst-year university students
dc.subjectmultilevel modelling
dc.title“Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMCom
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