Workplace Incivility and Employee Sleep: The Role of Rumination and Recovery Experiences

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• Personal Author:
  Black AE ; Demsky CA ; Fritz C ; Hammer LB
• Description:
  This study examines the role of negative work rumination and recovery experiences in explaining the association between workplace incivility and employee insomnia symptoms. Drawing on the perseverative cognition model of stress and the effort-recovery model, we hypothesize a moderated mediation model in which workplace incivility is associated with insomnia symptoms via negative work rumination. This indirect effect is proposed to be conditional on employees' reported level of recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment from work and relaxation during nonwork time). In examining this model, we further establish a link between workplace incivility and sleep and identify one pathway to explain this relationship, as well as resources that may be used to halt the negative spillover of workplace incivility on sleep. Based on a sample of 699 U.S. Forest Service employees, we find support for a moderated mediation model in which the association between workplace incivility and increased insomnia symptoms via increased negative work rumination was weakest for employees reporting high levels of recovery experiences during nonwork time. Findings from the current study contribute to our understanding of why workplace incivility is associated with nonwork outcomes, as well as point to implications for interventions aimed at promoting employees' recovery from work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aging Men Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Age Groups Author Keywords: Workplace Incivility Cognitive Function Humans Models Negative Work Rumination Psychological Detachment Psychological Stress Questionnaires Relaxation Sleep Disorders Sleep Quality Stress Work Environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  228-240
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056406
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2019 Apr; 24(2):228-240
• Contact Point Address:
  Caitlin A. Demsky, Department of Management & Marketing, Oakland University, 275 Varner Drive, Rochester, MI, 48309-4485
• Email:
  cademsky@oakland.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c424d48ce7a47c0079050ae0e8b6c150c3caa67123aee9ff001c9d1d845b805147c28c2785409649e2984c8d07bbb3c77e9a66790dd7175e1b13bf4f403855a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214018/cdc_214018_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 336.28 KB ]