Cultural leisure activities, recovery and work engagement among hospital employees

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Abstract

This study explored the relationship between cultural leisure activities, recovery experiences and two outcomes among hospital workers. The differences in recovery experiences (detachment, relaxation, mastery and control) and outcomes (work engagement and subjective recovery state) among hospital personnel (N=769) were analysed by the type (receptive or creative) and frequency of cultural activities. The cross-sectional data were collected by a digital questionnaire. Employees who reported both receptive and creative cultural leisure activities on a weekly basis had the highest relaxation, mastery and control experiences during off-job time. In addition, those with weekly creative activities had beneficial mastery experiences. There were no differences in recovery outcomes after adjustment for age, except in work engagement. Cultural leisure activities, and creative activities in particular, play an important role in certain aspects of recovery.

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Tuisku, K., Virtanen, M., De Bloom, J., & Kinnunen, U. (2016). Cultural leisure activities, recovery and work engagement among hospital employees. Industrial Health, 54(3), 254–262. https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2015-0124

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