The document outlines a research study that aims to examine how habitual private online behavior during work hours affects employee recovery and social support from colleagues. It discusses the research question, sampling methodology, and development of questionnaires to measure variables like social support, online usage habits, and recovery experiences. The methodology will involve an online survey distributed to employees of a university to quantitatively assess these variables and their relationships.

1. Caroline Beer
Renata Bichurina
Katrin Taubner
Carolina Marin
Final Research
Concepts and Methods

2. Contents:
Research question
Sampling
Methodology
Questionnaire development
Instruments

3. Research Question
How does habitual private online-behavior in working
contexts effect recovery and social support with colleagues?

4. Sampling
People who work:
 on desktop computers with connection to the Internet
use mobile devices with social media connections during working hours.

5. Structure of the
Questionnaire:
socio-demographics
working related usage
platforms of usage
online network behavior
SRHI
recovery questionnaire
Quantitative
online survey
amongst
employees of TU
Ilmenau
Method

6. Possible Questions for the DV Social Support:
1. “I can count on my colleagues if
there is a difficult situation at
work.”
2. ”I can count on my boss if there
is a difficult situation at work.”
3.”In the department we keep
together.“
4.”I feel really comfortable with my
colleagues.“
5.”I like spending time with my
colleagues also after work“
6.”I would like to spend more time
with my colleagues at work“
7.”I don’t really know the most of
the colleagues in my department“
8.”The time I spend with my
colleagues is enough and should
just be related to work.“
(Prümper, Hartmannsgruber, & Frese, 1995)

7. Possible Questions for working related usage:
 Purpose
 Features
 Frequency
 People (with whom?)
Filter
question
(Prümper, Hartmannsgruber, & Frese, 1995)

8. SRHI is a self-report instrument to measure habit
strength that was based on the following features:
history of repetition of behavior
difficulty of controlling behavior
lack of awareness, efficiency
Identity element
Self-Report Habit Index
(Verplanken & Orbell, 2003)

9. Behavior X is something . . .
1. I do frequently.
2. I do automatically.
3. I do without having to consciously remember.
4. I have been doing for a long time.
5. I do without thinking.
6. that would require effort not to do it.
7. that belongs to my routine.
8. I start doing before I realize I’m doing it.
9. I would find hard not to do.
10. I have no need to think about doing.
Self-Report Habit Index questions
(Verplanken & Orbell, 2003)

10. Recovery reverses the negative consequences of job demands and
brings an individual back to his/her prestressor level of functioning
during leisure time employees have to option to rebuild resources and
to gain additional resources for the further work days
Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)

11. psychological detachment
relaxation
mastery
control
Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)
37 items
total

12. Openness
Agreeableness
Extraversion
Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)
Personality dimensions as a Potential
Predictor of Recovery Experiences

13. Workload
Role ambiguity
Situational constraints
Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009)
Job Stressors and Job Control as
Potential Predictors of Recovery Experiences

14. References:
 Prümper, J., Hartmannsgruber, K. & Frese, M. (1995). KFZA - Kurzfragebogen
zur Arbeitsanalyse, Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie,
39, 125-132
 Verplanken, B. and S. Orbell (2003). "Reflections on past behavior: A self‐rep
ort index of habit strength." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 33(6): 131
3‐1330.
 Binnewies, C., Sonnentag, S. & Mojza, E. (2009): Daily performance at work:
feeling in the morning as a predictor of day-level job performance
 Sonnentag, S. & Fritz, C. (2007): The Recovery Experience Questionnaire:
Development and Validation of a Measure for Assessing Recuperation and
Unwinding From Work