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Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework

Sonnentag, Sabine, Fritz, Charlotte·2015·Journal of Organizational Behavior

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This paper reviews empirical evidence on psychological detachment from work during nonwork time. Psychological detachment as a core recovery experience refers to refraining from job-related activities and thoughts during nonwork time; it implies to mentally disengage from one's job while being away from work. Using the stressor-detachment model as an organizing framework, we describe findings from between-person and within-person studies, relying on cross-sectional, longitudinal, and daily-diary designs. Overall, research shows that job stressors, particularly workload, predict low levels of psychological detachment. A lack of detachment in turn predicts high strain levels and poor individual well-being (e.g., burnout and lower life satisfaction). Psychological detachment seems to be both a mediator and a moderator in the relationship between job stressors on the one hand and strain and poor well-being on the other hand. We propose possible extensions of the stressor-detachment model by suggesting moderator variables grounded in the transactional stress model. We further discuss avenues for future research and offer practical implications. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Sonnentag, S., & Fritz, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Mannheim (DE)
  • Portland State University (US)
Corresponding author
Sonnentag, Sabine
Venue
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-04-11
Volume
36
Issue
S1
Pages
S72-S103
ISSN
0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1739373361
Cited by
1,307
References
137
Citations by year
2026: 204 · 2025: 187 · 2024: 142 · 2023: 134 · 2022: 125 · 2021: 101 · 2020: 95 · 2019: 80 · 2018: 76 · 2017: 86 · 2016: 49 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 2
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78.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
psychological detachment, occupational stress, work recovery, workload, burnout, life satisfaction, occupational strain, transactional model of stress and coping, work-nonwork boundaries, daily diary study

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