Daily performance at work: feeling recovered in the morning as a predictor of day‐level job performance

Abstract

SummaryThis study examined the state of being recovered in the morning (i.e., feeling physically and mentally refreshed) as a predictor of daily job performance and daily compensatory effort at work. Ninety-nine employees from public service organizations completed a general survey and two daily surveys on pocket computers over the course of one workweek. Hierarchical linear modeling showed that being recovered in the morning was positively related to daily task performance, personal initiative, and organizational citizenship behavior and negatively related to daily compensatory effort at work. Relationships between the state of being recovered and day-specific job performance were moderated by job control. For persons with a high level of job control, the relationship between being recovered and daily performance was stronger.

Work characteristics, challenge appraisal, creativity, and proactive behavior: A multi‐level study

“…Our findings mirror the results of other studies (Binnewies et al, 2009;Fay & Sonnentag, 2002;Ohly et al, 2006), and go beyond them by demonstrating the importance of challenge appraisal. It was previously assumed that stressors such as time pressure indicate a suboptimal working condition, which needs to be acted upon, thereby making proactive behavior more likely.…”

“…Next, time pressure has consistently been found to be positively related to proactive behavior in a wide range of occupations (Binnewies, Sonnentag, & Mojza, 2009;Fay & Sonnentag, 2002;Sonnentag, 2003). One explanation for this positive relationship could be that being proactive is a way of coping with high job demands (Fay & Sonnentag, 2002).…”

Four-quadrant investigation of job-related affects and behaviours

“…The present studies share with others in the area (e.g., Binnewies, Sonnentag, & Mojza, 2009;Dalal et al, 2009;Foo et al, 2009;Fox et al, 2001;Tsai et al, 2007) a restriction to behaviours reported by respondents themselves. Issues of common-method variance are undoubtedly of concern in these cases.…”

To Invest or Not? The Role of Coworker Support and Trust in Daily Reciprocal Gain Spirals of Helping Behavior

“…Researchers interested in the examination of personal resources have increasingly utilized day-level research designs as a mechanism for understanding the dynamic nature of work (cf. Binnewies, Sonnentag, & Mojza, 2009). Day-level research designs extend COR theory by incorporating time as a boundary condition for testing theory (George & Jones, 2000;Mitchell & James, 2001), showing the daily resource investment patterns of employees and the relatively rapid fluctuation of resources within a relationship.…”