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