Here today but not gone tomorrow: incivility affects after-work and next-day recovery.
This study examined the relation between daily incivility and afterwork recovery, hypothesizing that workplace incivility would have a negative effect on situational wellbeing, afterwork recovery experiences (psychological detachment and relaxation) and next-morning recovery level. Daily surveys were completed on 5 consecutive workdays by 175 employees in the legal industry. Multilevel analyses controlling for the daily number of hours worked showed that day-level incivility was negatively related to afterwork situational wellbeing and psychological detachment, but not to relaxation. Incivility experienced on 1 day also predicted recovery level the following morning. Results emphasize the ongoing impact of rudeness and disrespect in the workplace on employee wellbeing and offer an explanation for the long-term negative outcomes of what is typically thought of as a less severe workplace stressor.
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University.
Tahnee
T
Nicholson
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University.
Barbara
B
Griffin
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*