How Work Challenges Affect After‐Work Mastery Experiences
The Role of Subjective Perceptions and Self‐Efficacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21336833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jing Zhang (0000-0002-6431-9286, School of Humanity and Law, Social Governance Innovation Research Center Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou China), Ran Liu (0000-0003-1255-2710, School of Humanity and Law, Social Governance Innovation Research Center Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou China), Lulin Zhao (0000-0003-1321-1141, School of Humanity and Law, Social Governance Innovation Research Center Henan Agricultural University Zhengzhou China, corresponding author), Andrew P Smith (0000-0001-8805-8028, Centre for Occupational and Health Psychology, School of Psychology Cardiff University Cardiff UK) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | e70083-e70083 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7594 • E-ISSN: 1464-066X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ijop.70083 |
| PMID | 40686266 |
| OpenAlex | W4412514796 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
As a form of recovery experience, mastery experience often has a distinct relationship with work stressors compared to the other three types of recovery experiences. Being a growth‐oriented recovery experience, analysing how work challenges impact is invaluable for replenishing individual resources, fostering employee growth, and achieving an upward resource spiral. However, existing research on this relationship is limited. This study focuses on subjective perceptions, analysing the mediating role of affective experiences during work and cognitive and physical vitality perceptions after work in the relationship between Challenging Stressor and recovery experiences. Additionally, it explores the moderating role of self‐efficacy in this context—a sample of 111 full‐time employees from various industries completed daily measurements over five consecutive workdays. Cross‐level data analysis revealed the following results: Challenging Stressors during the workday reduce positive affect at work, further diminishing employees' subjective vitality after work, ultimately hindering mastery experiences. However, this negative phenomenon can be alleviated in individuals with high self‐efficacy. The study results indicate that if employees maintain high levels of affective, cognitive, and physical perceptions, along with high self‐efficacy, their mastery experiences after work will not be significantly negatively affected, even when facing high levels of Challenging Stressors in daily work
Affect (linguistics) · Perception · Self-efficacy · Work (physics) · Applied Psychology · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
From Ego Depletion to Vitality
The Recovery Experience Questionnaire
Challenge versus hindrance job demands and well‐being
Can “good” stressors spark “bad” behaviors? The mediating role of emotions in links of challenge and hindrance stressors with citizenship and counterproductive behaviors.
Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale
Mindful You, Relaxed and Beneficial Me
Some stress is good stress
Social Cognitive Theory
On Energy, Personality, and Health
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
Recovery from Work
Recovery from work‐related effort
Alive and creating
Back-Translation for Cross-Cultural Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |