Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University.
Department of Management, University of Central Florida.
J Appl Psychol. 2017 May;102(5):753-763. doi: 10.1037/apl0000196. Epub 2017 Feb 2.
Research demonstrating that employees who are undermined at work engage in similar behavior at home suggests this connection reflects displaced aggression. In contrast, the present study draws on self-regulation theory to examine the work-home undermining spillover/crossover process. We propose that poor sleep quality transmits the influence of workplace undermining to home undermining per self-regulatory impairment, and exercise moderates this indirect effect per self-regulatory improvement. Using matched data from 118 employees and a member of their household to test our model, results demonstrated that undermining experienced from supervisors increased subjective (i.e., self-reported) but not objective (i.e., actigraph-recorded) sleep difficulties, which, in turn, increased the frequency with which individuals engaged in undermining at home (as reported by cohabitants). Additionally, indirect effects occurred for employees with low but not high levels of physical exercise (as measured by self-reports, step counts, and energy expenditure). Our findings suggest sleep and exercise may serve as valuable intervention points to prevent the spread of harmful behavior across contexts. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
研究表明，在职场中被人暗中破坏的员工在家中也会表现出类似的行为，这表明这种联系反映了转移的攻击性。相比之下，本研究借鉴自我调节理论来考察工作-家庭破坏的溢出/交叉过程。我们提出，睡眠质量差会通过自我调节损害将工作场所破坏的影响传递到家庭破坏，而运动则会通过自我调节改善来调节这种间接影响。通过对 118 名员工及其家庭成员的匹配数据进行测试，结果表明，来自主管的破坏增加了主观（即自我报告）而非客观（即活动记录仪记录）的睡眠困难，这反过来又增加了个体在家中进行破坏的频率（由同居者报告）。此外，对于低强度但不是高强度体育锻炼的员工（通过自我报告、步数和能量消耗来衡量），存在间接影响。我们的发现表明，睡眠和运动可能是预防跨环境传播有害行为的有价值的干预点。讨论了理论和实践的意义。
