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dc.contributor.authorCangiano, F
dc.contributor.authorParker, SK
dc.contributor.authorOuyang, K
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T07:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-26
dc.description.abstractAlthough proactive behavior is an important determinant of individual work performance, its consequences for employee well-being and other personal outcomes have been largely neglected. In this study, we adopted a within-person perspective to investigate how taking charge behavior (a form of proactivity) affects employees' life outside of work by examining when and how it impacts on their ability to detach and recover from work. Drawing upon resource drain theory, we hypothesized that taking charge has the potential to undermine the process of detachment and recovery from work by draining personal resources. However, based on self-determination theory, we identified autonomous motivation as an essential boundary condition, such that the negative effects of taking charge on detachment and recovery via resource drain occur only when daily autonomous motivation is low. We tested this model on a sample of 77 managers, who provided daily survey data 3 times per day over 5 consecutive working days. Our analyses showed that daily taking charge behavior was negatively related to detachment in the evening, via resource drain, only on days in which people reported low autonomous motivation at work. However, this conditional effect of taking charge did not reach through to next morning recovery. No negative effects of daily taking charge on detachment were observed when people had high autonomous motivation. Overall, these findings suggest that, under some motivational conditions, proactivity can consume resources and interfere with the process of detachment. We offer practical advice for how organizations might encourage proactive behavior while minimizing its drawbacks.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Research Council (ARC)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 26 (2), pp. 142 - 154en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/ocp0000265
dc.identifier.grantnumberFL160100033en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/125472
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA)en_GB
dc.rights© 2020 American Psychological Associationen_GB
dc.subjectproactive behavioren_GB
dc.subjectpsychological detachmenten_GB
dc.subjectresource drainen_GB
dc.subjectwork motivationen_GB
dc.subjecttaking chargeen_GB
dc.titleToo proactive to switch off: When taking charge drains resources and impairs detachmenten_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2021-04-26T07:23:26Z
dc.identifier.issn1076-8998
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the American Psychological Association via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Occupational Health Psychologyen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-08-27
rioxxterms.versionAMen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-10-26
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2021-04-26T07:21:49Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
refterms.dateFOA2021-04-26T07:23:38Z
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