ABSTRACT

Talking about work during leisure time is an important part of employees’ daily life and represents a behavioural pathway connecting work and home. However, past research has not paid much attention to this phenomenon of sharing work experiences during after-work hours, its possible antecedents and consequences. In the present study, we examine how interpersonal work experiences (i.e. social conflicts and perceived prosocial impact) are associated with work-related conversations during after-work hours, and how work-related conversations, in turn, are associated with affect at bedtime and in the next morning. A daily diary study with three measurement occasions per day over five consecutive workdays (N = 144 employees) showed that negative work-related conversations during after-work hours were directly related to negative affect at bedtime and indirectly related to negative affect in the next morning. Positive work-related conversations were directly related to positive affect in the next morning. Moreover, perceived prosocial impact and positive work-related conversations during after work hours were negatively related to negative affect at bedtime. Our results suggest that employees actively shape their work-home boundaries by talking about work during after-work hours which show both beneficial and harmful associations with subsequent affective states.

摘要

在闲暇时间谈论工作是员工日常生活的重要组成部分，代表了连接工作和家庭的行为途径。但是，过去的研究并未对这种在下班时间分享工作经验的现象，其可能的前因和后果没有给予足够的重视。在本研究中，我们研究了下班后的人际工作经历（即社会冲突和亲社会影响）如何与工作相关的对话相关，以及与工作相关的对话又如何与就寝时间的影响相关联。在第二天早上。每日日记研究，在连续五个工作日中每天进行3次测量（N = 144名员工）表明，下班后与工作相关的负面谈话与就寝时的负面影响直接相关，而与第二天早晨的负面影响间接相关。与工作相关的积极对话与第二天早晨的积极影响直接相关。此外，下班后的亲社会影响和与工作相关的积极对话与就寝时的负面影响呈负相关。我们的结果表明，员工通过在下班时间谈论工作来积极地塑造他们的工作场所界限，这显示出与后续情感状态的有益和有害联系。