Caroline Beer

Renata Bichurina

Katrin Taubner

Carolina Marin

Final ResearchConcepts and Methods

Contents:

Research question

Sampling

Methodology

Questionnaire development

Instruments

Research Question

How does habitual private online-behavior in working

contexts effect recovery and social support with colleagues?

Sampling

People who work:

on desktop computers with connection to the Internet

use mobile devices with social media connections during working hours.

Structure of theQuestionnaire:

socio-demographics

working related usage

platforms of usage

online network behavior

SRHI

recovery questionnaire

Quantitative

online survey amongst

employees of TU

Ilmenau

Method

Possible Questions for the DV Social Support:

1. “I can count on my colleagues if there is a difficult situation at work.”

2. ”I can count on my boss if there is a difficult situation at work.”

3.”In the department we keep together.“

4.”I feel really comfortable with mycolleagues.“

5.”I like spending time with mycolleagues also after work“

6.”I would like to spend more time with my colleagues at work“

7.”I don’t really know the most ofthe colleagues in my department“

8.”The time I spend with mycolleagues is enough and shouldjust be related to work.“

(Prümper, Hartmannsgruber, & Frese, 1995)

Possible Questions for working related usage:

Purpose

Features

Frequency

People (with whom?)

Filter question

(Prümper, Hartmannsgruber, & Frese, 1995)

SRHI is a self-report instrument to measure habit strength that was based on the following features:

history of repetition of behavior

difficulty of controlling behavior

lack of awareness, efficiency

Identity element

Self-Report Habit Index

(Verplanken & Orbell, 2003)

Behavior X is something . . .1. I do frequently.2. I do automatically.3. I do without having to consciously remember.4. I have been doing for a long time.5. I do without thinking.6. that would require effort not to do it.7. that belongs to my routine.8. I start doing before I realize I’m doing it.9. I would find hard not to do.10. I have no need to think about doing.

Self-Report Habit Index questions

(Verplanken & Orbell, 2003)

Recovery reverses the negative consequences of job demands and brings an individual back to his/her prestressor level of functioning

during leisure time employees have to option to rebuild resources and to gain additional resources for the further work days

Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)

psychological detachmentrelaxationmasterycontrol

Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)

37 items

total

OpennessAgreeablenessExtraversion

Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)

Personality dimensions as a Potential

Predictor of Recovery Experiences

WorkloadRole ambiguitySituational constraints

Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)

Job Stressors and Job Control as

Potential Predictors of Recovery Experiences

References: Prümper, J., Hartmannsgruber, K. & Frese, M. (1995). KFZA - Kurzfragebogen

zur Arbeitsanalyse, Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 39, 125-132

Verplanken, B. and S. Orbell (2003). "Reflections on past behavior: A self‐report index of habit strength." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 33(6): 1313‐1330.

Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009): Daily performance at work: feeling in the morning as a predictor of day-level job performance

Sonnentag, S. & Fritz, C. (2007): The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and Validation of a Measure for Assessing Recuperation and Unwinding From Work