Symposium: Psychological Connections To Work Stressors Are Ruining Your Sleep

Park, Youngah; Laethem, Michelle Van; Shepherd, Brittnie R.; Ziebertz, Carla M.

doi:10.1037/e506222017-001

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“…Thus, researchers interested in modeling the speed of engagement through frequent and repeated assessments of engagement should look for unobtrusive ways to do so. For example, one research team in the field of informatics (see Mark, 2016 for an overview) combines frequent single-item measures of attention with biosensors, eye-tracking devices, and computer logs to render a more complete picture of the temporal dynamics of employee productivity. Potential improvements associated with this methodology come with costs, though.…”

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Daily engagement and productivity: The importance of the speed of engagement.

Vogel

Rodell

Agolli

2022

Journal of Applied Psychology

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People often drag their feet getting started at work each morning, with a rather unclear sense of the implications on their daily productivity. Drawing on boundary transitions theory as a conceptual lens, we introduce and investigate the concept of the speed of engagement-the quickness with which an employee becomes focused and energized upon beginning work. We explore the productivity implications of this phenomenon, as well as the psychological processes people use to capitalize on a quick transition to work. Two experience sampling field studies-one of which featured a within-person field experiment testing the efficacy of two interventions we designed for use on employees' smartphones-support our theorizing. Our findings highlight the importance of the speed of engagement-over and above the level of engagementfor daily productivity levels. They also reveal that simple proactive steps to psychologically disengage from home or reattach to work increase the speed of engagement and lead to more productive days at work.

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confidence: 99%