Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2026

DOI

10.1007/s41542-026-00254-5

Publication Title

Occupational Health Science

Volume

10

Issue

2

Pages

7

Abstract

Recovery experiences are important for many health and well-being outcomes. One potential threat to an individual's recovery experiences in the workplace is psychological climate for overwork. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between psychological climate for overwork and recovery experiences. Using a multi-wave research design (N = 202), we found that psychological climate for overwork had direct effects on psychological detachment and indirect effects on psychological detachment and relaxation through cognitive workaholism and work-recovery guilt. These results suggest that psychological climate for overwork may contribute to an individual's experience of cognitive workaholism and work-recovery guilt, and that these mediators, along with psychological climate for overwork, may be threats to recovery experiences.

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Article states: "All data and relevant code is publically available at https://osf.io/zkm8b/overview?view_only=614849f2638c4002b9a5caf867f675fc."

Original Publication Citation

Terry, J. D., & Cigularov, K. P. (2026). I can't stop: The effects of psychological climate for overwork on recovery experiences. Occupational Health Science, 10(2), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-026-00254-5

ORCID

0000-0002-8273-1661 (Cigularov)

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