Wolters, Carlotta (2025) Mental Overtime – Do Leaders’ Expectations Intensify the Link Between Unfinished Tasks and Work-Related Rumination During Off-Job Time? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In today’s work environment, unfinished tasks increasingly spill over into employees’ personal time, triggering recurrent, work-related thoughts that hinder the ability to detach from work. This study aims to replicate the significant correlations between unfinished tasks and two facets of work-related rumination: affective rumination and problem-solving. It will further investigate whether perceived performance expectations from leaders moderate these relationships between unfinished tasks and the two facets of work-related rumination. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with a sample size of n = 98 from various countries. Regression analysis was performed with the PROCESS macro in SPSS. The study’s findings indicate that unfinished tasks are significantly linked to affective rumination but not to problem-solving pondering. No moderating effect of performance expectations on unfinished tasks and the two facets of work-related rumination (affective rumination and problem-solving pondering) was found. Contrary to past research, our study did not replicate the moderating role of performance expectations on work-related rumination. These findings highlight the complexity of the broad construct of work-related rumination and underscore the need for a more nuanced assessment of possible moderators on the relationship between unfinished tasks and work-related rumination in future research. Keywords: Affective rumination, performance expectations, problem-solving pondering, unfinished tasks, work-related rumination
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Weigelt, O. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route/Track: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2025 08:15 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2025 08:15 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5310 |
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