Week 4: Kinnunen, Rantanen, de Bloom, Mauno, Feldt & Korpela (2016) The role of work-nonword boundary management in work stress recovery

Question 1

Kinnunen et al. examine what?

Answer 1

This research examines how people separate work and non-work through boundaries and what effect that has on work stress recovery

Question 2

Kinnunen et al. identify 5 profiles (not styles) with individual differences that determine a persons boundary management behaviour. Name the profiles.

Answer 2

work guardians
non-work guardians 
integrators
separators
intermediate group

Question 3

Boundary management refers to the way…

Boundary management can be depicted on a continuum from _____ to _____.

Answer 3

individuals create, maintain and negotiate boundaries between work and non-work

strong to weak boundaries

Question 4

Recovery allows individuals to replenish their resources and return to their _____ after a stressful experience.

Answer 4

pre-stressor level

Question 5

Recovery from work during non-work time is especially beneficial for what three factors?

Answer 5

an employees well-being, health and performance

Question 6

Cross-role interruption behaviours refer to the degree to which individuals allow…

Answer 6

incursions (einfälle/überfälle) from one role to another (work to non-work or vice versa)

Question 7

Incursions from one role to another are also called how?

Answer 7

interdomain transitions

Question 8

Interdomain transitions refers to behavioural actions between the domains through which…

Answer 8

individuals shift their resources from one domain to the other

Question 9

Interdomain transitions lay the basis for what?

Answer 9

the 5 boundary management profiles identified by Kinnunen et al.

Question 10

Recovery is the opposite of what?

Answer 10

the process through which one gets strains

Question 11

Cross-role interruption behaviour (CRIB) refers to the degree to which…

Answer 11

individuals ALLOW incursions or intrusions (interdomain transitions) from one domain to the other

Question 12

Kinnunen et al. criticise that previous research has failed to recognise what exactly?

Answer 12

that recovery is an important factor in decreasing the effects of stressful working conditions and promoting well-being, health and job performance

Question 13

People generally have issues with what aspect of boundary management?

Answer 13

separating work and non-work, they tend to carry either into the other

Question 14

What does it mean when boundaries are symmetrical?

Answer 14

the process flows between both domains equally

in other words, people drag just as much or just as little from work to non-work as they do from non-work to work

Question 15

What does it mean when boundaries are asymmetrical?

Answer 15

the process flows only into one direction

in other works, either one drags work into non-work or non-work into work, but not both

Question 16

name an example for an asymmetrical workplace boundary

Answer 16

when one answers the work phone from home but one does not answer the private phone at work

Question 17

Which boundary management profiles are characterised by symmetrical boundaries?

Answer 17

integrators

separators

Question 18

Which boundary management profiles are characterised by asymmetrical boundaries?

Answer 18

work guardians

non-work guardians

Question 19

1. Between domains in both directions
   Integrators show ____ cross-role interruption behaviour.
   Separators show ____ cross-role interruption behaviour.
2. Work Guardians show high CRIB from ____ to ____, but not vice versa.
   Non-work Guardians show high CRIB from ____ to ____, but not vice versa.

Answer 19

high
low

work to non-work
non-work to work

Question 20

Kinnunen et al. differentiate between 3 types of recovery outcomes. Name them all and point out on which one the research team focusses on.

Answer 20

psychological (!)
behavioural
physiological

Question 21

Two individual constructs of physiological recovery outcomes exist. Name them.

Answer 21

Vigor

Job exhaustion

Question 22

Vigour is a key dimension for _____ and refers to the degree of ____ and _____.

Job exhaustion is a key dimension of ____ and refers to feelings of overstrain, tiredness or fatigue due to _____.

____ vigour and ____ job exhaustion promote recovery levels and help to maintain energy levels.

Answer 22

work engagement, physical strength and good health

burnout, overly demanding work situations

high, low

Question 23

What were the Method and Sample used by the authors to measure recovery from job stress?

Answer 23

1106 Finnish employees
electronic questionnaire
sample drawn from different organisations with emotionally demanding jobs –> representative of Finlands workforce

Question 24

The largest portion of the sample were ____ (25%), followed by ____ (22%), _____ (21%), _____ (18%) and finally _____ (14%).

Answer 24

Integrators
Intermediate Group
Work Guardians
Separators
Non-Work Guardians

Question 25

The authors observed differences in demographics between the sampled profiles. Concerning gender, they observed

1. more women and fewer men than statistically expected in the _____ group.
2. fewer women and more men than expected in the ____ and ____ group.

Answer 25

Separator

Integrators and Intermediate

Question 26

The authors observed differences in demographics between the sampled profiles. Concerning age, they observed

1. _____ were youngest.
2. _____ were oldest, right after the _____.

Answer 26

Non-work guardians

Work guardians, Intermediate

Question 27

The authors observed differences in demographics between the sampled profiles. Concerning occupational status, they observed

1. blue collar or lower white-collar workers were more often _____ and ____.
2. higher white collar workers were more often ____ and ____.
3. higher level managers were typically ____.

Answer 27

non-work guardians, separators

work guardians, integrators

integrators

Question 28

What can you conclude from the occupational status differences among the sample?

Answer 28

it means that the job itself plays an important role in boundary management

the results confirm that higher professionals’ work time trespasses on their lives more than that of non-professionals

Question 29

Out of all the groups, who works the most weekly hours?

Answer 29

work guardians and integrators

Question 30

Who occupies the poorest position in terms of recovery experiences and outcomes?

Answer 30

work guardians

Question 31

In terms of Mastery and Detachment, what two groups behave similar to each other?

Of these two, which one showed better relaxation and control during off-time?

Answer 31

work guardians and integrators

integrators

Question 32

Which two groups resemble each other in beneficial recovery experiences?

Answer 32

nonwork guardians and separators

Question 33

What group scored average in most evaluations?

Answer 33

intermediate group

Question 34

Kinnunen and colleagues (2016) identified 5 profiles: Work guardians, Nonwork Guardians, Integrators, Separators and Intermediate group. Which profiles had the best recovery experiences and outcomes according to their research?

a. Intermediate group and nonwork guardians
b. Integrators and separators
c. Nonwork guardians and separators
d. Work guardians and nonwork guardians

Answer 34

c.

Question 35

Kinnunen and colleagues (2016) investigate certain profiles with respect to recovery experiences and recovery outcomes. On what kind of recovery outcomes do Kinnunen and colleagues (2016) focus in their article?

a. Mental
b. Psychological
c. Physiological
d. Behavioral

Answer 35

b.