The role of perceived autonomy support and fear of failure: A weekly diary study on work-related rumination.

ABSTRACT: Grounded in self-determination theory, the present study examined the weekly fluctuations in different forms of work-related rumination depending on perceived autonomy support and fear of failure at the workplace. Work-related rumination has three dimensions, affective rumination (negative emotions or affect), problem-solving pondering (thinking over the actions to handle the problems), and psychological detachment (mentally distancing oneself from work during nonwork time). In total, 111 employees (Mage = 34.88, SD = 10.43) from various occupations were followed over the course of three weeks via weekly measurements, resulting in 333 matched observations. Multilevel random coefficient modeling showed that on the weeks when employees reported higher levels of perceived autonomy support fro

SUBMITTER: Manuoglu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10584134 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature