As employees’ personal lives are increasingly splintered by work demands, the boundary between work and nonwork domains is becoming ever more blurred. Grounded within a self-regulatory approach and the executive control function of inhibitory control, we operationalize and examine nonwork role re-engagement (NWRR)—the extent to which individuals can redirect attentional resources back to nonwork tasks following work-related intrusions. In phases 1 and 2, we develop and refine a psychometrically sound unidimensional measure for NWRR aligned with the self-regulatory processes of self-control and interference control underlying inhibitory control. In phase 3, we confirm the factor structure with a new sample. In phase 4 we validate the measure using the samples from phases 2 and 3 to provide evidence of criterion-related, convergent, and discriminant validity. NWRR was related to important well-being and work-related outcomes above and beyond existing self-regulatory and boundary management constructs. We offer theoretical and practical implications and an agenda to guide future research, as attentional agility becomes increasingly relevant in a home life replete with interruptions from work.

随着员工的个人生活越来越被工作需求所分割，工作领域和非工作领域之间的界限变得越来越模糊。基于自我调节方法和抑制控制的执行控制功能，我们实施并检查了非工作角色重新参与 (NWRR) - 在与工作相关的入侵后，个人可以将注意力资源重定向回非工作任务的程度。在第 1 阶段和第 2 阶段，我们开发和改进了 NWR​​R 的心理测量学上合理的一维测量，与抑制控制下的自我控制和干扰控制的自我调节过程相一致。在第 3 阶段，我们使用新样本确认因子结构。在第 4 阶段，我们使用来自第 2 阶段和第 3 阶段的样本来验证测量，以提供与标准相关的、收敛的、和区分效度。NWRR 与超越现有自我监管和边界管理结构的重要福祉和工作相关成果有关。我们提供理论和实践意义以及指导未来研究的议程，因为注意力敏捷性在充满工作中断的家庭生活中变得越来越重要。