Put your feet up: The impact of personality traits, job pressure, and social support on the need for recovery after work.

ABSTRACT: The need for recovery after work (NFR) is an important warning of work-related fatigue. NFR is linked to prolonged work-related efforts and depletion of resources, creating a need for temporary respite from work demands. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between NFR and the five-factor model (FFM), comprising the personality traits of emotional stability (ES), extraversion (E), agreeableness (A), conscientiousness (C), and openness to experience (O). Perceived job pressure and perceived social support were included as mediators. The study was conducted using structural equation modelling (SEM) on cross-sectional data from a sample of 681 participants from several work sectors (N females = 376, N males = 305; M age = 46.9 years; SD = 11.1). The

SUBMITTER: Fostervold KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8918590 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature