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Defining Need for Recovery for I-O Psychology Use and Application

Coleman, Kelly
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1620329837568622

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2021, Master of Science (M.S.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Need for Recovery (NFR) has the potential to expand our current understandings of important workplace outcomes such as improving employee performance, preventing employee exhaustion and loss of function (Sonnentag & Zijlstra, 2006), improving supervisor-employee relations (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995), mitigating workplace challenges such as discrimination at work, enhancing responses to downsizing, and assisting employees re-entering the workforce after parental leave (Earle &Heymann, n.d.; DOL, 2015). However, none of the identified benefits can be achieved without remedying issues related to the definition and measurement of NFR. Therefore, the current research executed the first three steps in Hinkin's (1998) scale development process (item generation, scale administration, and initial item reduction) and tested hypotheses related to the third step: initial item reduction. A total of 91 initial NFR items were generated and tested on 372 participants who completed an assessment distributed on Amazon's MTurk. Factor analyses were conducted to identify the dimensions that underlie the constructed NFR scale and an assessment of internal consistency was conducted to evaluate the reliability of the constructed NFR scale. The factor analyses revealed six factors, and internal consistency analyses eventually yielded acceptable levels of Cronbach's alpha for each of the six identified factors. Supplementary analyses were also conducted to maximize alpha and collect evidence of the discrimination between the six identified factors. Implications for future research and application of the NFR construct is discussed.
Mark Nagy, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Dalia Diab, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Morrie Mullins, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
93 p.
Psychology
Recovery from Work; Need for Recovery; Factor Analysis

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  • Coleman, K. (2021). Defining Need for Recovery for I-O Psychology Use and Application [Master's thesis, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1620329837568622

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Coleman, Kelly. Defining Need for Recovery for I-O Psychology Use and Application . 2021. Xavier University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1620329837568622.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Coleman, Kelly. "Defining Need for Recovery for I-O Psychology Use and Application ." Master's thesis, Xavier University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1620329837568622

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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