TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Sianoja, Marjaana
A1  - Syrek, Christine
A1  - De Bloom, Jessica
A1  - Korpela, Kalevi
A1  - Kinnunen, Ulla
T1  - Recovery Across Different Temporal Settings: How Lunchtime Activities Influence Evening Activities
JF  - Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
N2  - Recovery from work stress during workday breaks, free evenings, weekends, and vacations is known to benefit employee health and well-being. However, how recovery at different temporal settings is interconnected is not well understood. We hypothesized that on days when employees engage in recovery-enhancing lunchtime activities, they will experience higher resources when leaving home from work (i.e., low fatigue and high positive affect) and consequently spend more time on recovery-enhancing activities in the evening, thus creating a positive recovery cycle. In this study, 97 employees were randomized into lunchtime park walk and relaxation groups. As evening activities, we measured time spent on physical exercise, physical activity in natural surroundings, and social activities. Afternoon resources and time spent on evening activities were assessed twice a week before, during, and after the intervention, for five weeks. Our results based on multilevel analyses showed that on days when employees completed the lunchtime park walk, they spent more time on evening physical exercise and physical activity in natural surroundings compared to days when the lunch break was spent as usual. However, neither lunchtime relaxation exercises nor afternoon resources were associated with any of the evening activities. Our findings suggest that other factors than afternoon resources are more important in determining how much time employees spend on various evening activities. Fifteen-minute lunchtime park walks inspired employees to engage in similar healthbenefitting activities during their free time.
KW  - nature
KW  - relaxation
KW  - social activities
KW  - recovery
KW  - physical exercise
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-62085
SN  - 2002-2867
SS  - 2002-2867
U6  - https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.129
DO  - https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.129
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
S1  - 14
PB  - Stockholm University Press
ER  -