The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that Brittany Ikner will present Master’s research titled, Exploring the Moderating Role of Emotional Stability and Degree of Remote Work in Detachment from Work on 03/10/2023 at 2:30pm in TBA . Everyone is invited to attend.
Psychology
Chair: Brittany Ikner
Co-Chair: Kristen Jennings Black
Abstract:
The sizable increase in remote jobs within the last two years has led researchers to question how remote and in-person workers recover differently and what organizations can do to best facilitate their recovery from work. Yet, few empirical studies identify which individual and situational characteristics assist or inhibit recovery from work. Using Sonnentag and Fritz’s (2015) stressor-detachment model as a theoretical framework, the present study investigates attentional resources (i.e., work location) and personal resources (i.e., emotional stability) that moderate the relationship of job stressors and well-being which is mediated by psychological detachment from work during non-work hours. Specifically, one’s levels of emotional stability likely play a role in how stress is appraised at work, while work location likely impacts one’s ability to divert attention away from job stressors. Therefore, I expect emotional stability and work location (i.e., degree of remote work) to moderate the relationship between job stressors and strain as mediated by psychological detachment.