A Self-Regulatory Perspective Of Work-To-Home Undermining Spillover/ Crossover: Examining The Roles Of Sleep And Exercise

Keywords

Exercise; Home undermining; Sleep; Spillover/crossover; Workplace mistreatment

Abstract

Research demonstrating that employees who are undermined at work engage in similar behavior at home suggests this connection reflects displaced aggression. In contrast, the present study draws on selfregulation theory to examine the work-home undermining spillover/crossover process. We propose that poor sleep quality transmits the influence of workplace undermining to home undermining per selfregulatory impairment, and exercise moderates this indirect effect per self-regulatory improvement. Using matched data from 118 employees and a member of their household to test our model, results demonstrated that undermining experienced from supervisors increased subjective (i.e., self-reported) but not objective (i.e., actigraph-recorded) sleep difficulties, which, in turn, increased the frequency with which individuals engaged in undermining at home (as reported by cohabitants). Additionally, indirect effects occurred for employees with low but not high levels of physical exercise (as measured by self-reports, step counts, and energy expenditure). Our findings suggest sleep and exercise may serve as valuable intervention points to prevent the spread of harmful behavior across contexts. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Publication Date

5-1-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume

102

Issue

5

Number of Pages

753-763

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000196

Socpus ID

85011369892 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85011369892

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