Take a break! Benefits of sleep and short breaks for daily work engagement

• Main Authors: KUHNEL, Jana, ZACHER, Hannes, DE BLOOM, Jessica, Ronald BLEDOW
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: energy management; recovery; sleep; Work breaks; work engagement; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5134; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6133/viewcontent/TakeABreak_EJWOP_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current study investigates the benefits of a good night’s sleep and short work breaks for employees’ daily work engagement. It is hypothesized that sleep and self-initiated short breaks help restore energetic and self-regulatory resources which, in turn, enable employees to experience high work...