Compensating need satisfaction across life boundaries: A daily diary study
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Compensating need satisfaction across life boundaries : A daily diary study. / Hewett, Rebecca ; Haun, Verena ; Demerouti, Evangelia; Rodríguez Sánchez , Alma María ; Skakon, Janne; De Gieter , Sara.
In: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 90, 16.02.2017, p. 270-279.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Compensating need satisfaction across life boundaries
T2 - A daily diary study
AU - Hewett, Rebecca
AU - Haun, Verena
AU - Demerouti, Evangelia
AU - Rodríguez Sánchez , Alma María
AU - Skakon, Janne
AU - De Gieter , Sara
PY - 2017/2/16
Y1 - 2017/2/16
N2 - Self-determination theory suggests that satisfaction of an individual's basic psychological needs (for competence, autonomy, and relatedness) is a key for well-being. This has gained empirical support in multiple life domains, but little is known about the way that need satisfaction interacts between work and home. Drawing from ideas of work–home compensation, we expect that the benefits of need satisfaction in the home domain are reduced when needs are satisfied in the work domain. We tested this hypothesis with a daily diary study involving 91 workers. Results showed that individuals particularly benefit from satisfaction of their need for competence in the home domain when it is not satisfied during the working day. No such interactions were found between the needs for autonomy or relatedness. Our study highlights that the interaction of need satisfaction across domains represents a boundary condition for the beneficial effects of need satisfaction.Practitioner points* The study examines the interplay between daily need satisfaction at work and at home and its relation to employee well-being at bedtime.* Employees particularly benefit from competence need satisfaction at home (e.g., doing a hobby which challenges them) on days when they do not get a sense of competence from their job (e.g., if the tasks are not particularly challenging, or they are underperforming).
AB - Self-determination theory suggests that satisfaction of an individual's basic psychological needs (for competence, autonomy, and relatedness) is a key for well-being. This has gained empirical support in multiple life domains, but little is known about the way that need satisfaction interacts between work and home. Drawing from ideas of work–home compensation, we expect that the benefits of need satisfaction in the home domain are reduced when needs are satisfied in the work domain. We tested this hypothesis with a daily diary study involving 91 workers. Results showed that individuals particularly benefit from satisfaction of their need for competence in the home domain when it is not satisfied during the working day. No such interactions were found between the needs for autonomy or relatedness. Our study highlights that the interaction of need satisfaction across domains represents a boundary condition for the beneficial effects of need satisfaction.Practitioner points* The study examines the interplay between daily need satisfaction at work and at home and its relation to employee well-being at bedtime.* Employees particularly benefit from competence need satisfaction at home (e.g., doing a hobby which challenges them) on days when they do not get a sense of competence from their job (e.g., if the tasks are not particularly challenging, or they are underperforming).
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - basic psychological need satisfaction
KW - work-family interface
KW - self-determination theory
U2 - 10.1111/joop.12171
DO - 10.1111/joop.12171
M3 - Journal article
VL - 90
SP - 270
EP - 279
JO - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
SN - 0963-1798
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