Developing and validating a measure for recovery motives

“Workplace Recovery” refers to the replenishment of workers' energetic resources which is an important process for bettering workers’ personal lives and their organization. Regularly engaging in workplace recovery has significant benefits for work and home domains. Yet, there has been little to no research on what motivates employees on an individual level to participate in recovery behaviors. The present study identified individual motivations to engage in recovery through interviews. Responses were used to create a Motives for Recovery scale which was then validated in a survey study. Three common motivational themes were identified; self-regulation, social and personal development, and externally driven roles. Self-regulation and social/personal development tended to correlate more with well-being outcomes while externally driven role motives tended to correlate with work outcomes. This scale could be used to identify common motivations for engaging in recovery, which can help aid in relevant recovery interventions.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Anglin, Julia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Black, Kristen J.; Cunningham, Christopher J. L.
• O'Leary, Brian J.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Burn out (Psychology)
• Employee motivation
• Job satisfaction
• Job stress
• Quality of work life
• Self-care, Health
• Work-life balance
• Work--Psychological aspects

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/870

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2047