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Facilitating Employee Recovery From Work: The Role Of Leader‑Member‑Exchange, Judith Volmer, Eva-Maria Schulte, Charlotte Fritz
Facilitating Employee Recovery From Work: The Role Of Leader‑Member‑Exchange, Judith Volmer, Eva-Maria Schulte, Charlotte Fritz
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Building on Affective Events Theory (AET), this study examined within-person relationships between employee perceptions of day-level leader-member exchange (LMX) and day-level positive affect as well as between positive affect and recovery from work in the evening (i.e., relaxation, mastery, control, and psychological detachment from work). In addition, LMX variability was examined as a moderator of these within-person relationships. Employees (N = 160) completed surveys at the end of the workday and in the evening across five consecutive workdays. Results indicate direct relationships between perceptions of LMX and employee positive affect at work. In addition, positive affect was positively associated …