When daily home-to-work transitions are not all bad: a multi-study design on the role of appraisals

Figures & data

Table 1 . Random coefficient modelling results to predict daily work engagement (Model 1) and daily psychological strain (Model 2) in Study 1.

	Model 1: Engagement			Model 2: Strain
	γ	SE	p	γ	SE	p
Within-level variables
Teleworking day (1 = yes)	.02	.03	.555	−.01	.03	.767
Hours worked (P)	.04	.03	.166	.05	.03	.127
HWTs (P)	.02	.03	.600	.03	.04	.380
Positive appraisal (P)	−.03	.03	.374	.04	.04	.234
Negative appraisal (P)	−.01	.03	.677	.06	.03	.080
Between-level variables
Teleworker (1 = yes)	.02	.09	.798	.03	.09	.705
Home protection preference (G)	−.05	.09	.524	.19	.08	.024
Gender (1 = female)	−.03	.10	.769	.09	.09	.354
Age (G)	−.03	.09	.708	.02	.09	.856
HWTs (G)	.03	.11	.779	.14	.11	.200
Positive appraisal (G)	.32	.11	.004	−.30	.10	.005
Negative appraisal (G)	−.03	.08	.758	.14	.08	.093
Variance level 2 (person)	1.00 (60%)			0.64 (49%)
Variance level 1 (day)	0.67 (40%)			0.62 (51%)

Notes. γ = standardized coefficient. SE = standard error. (P) = person-mean centred. (G) = grand-mean centred.

Table 2 . Random coefficient modelling results to predict daily work engagement (Model 1) and daily psychological strain (Model 2) in Study 2.

	Model 1: Engagement			Model 2: Strain
	γ	SE	p	γ	SE	p
Within-level variables
Teleworking day (1 = yes)	−.10	.03	.001	.06	.03	.042
Hours worked (P)	.08	.03	.018	.03	.03	.316
HWTs (P)	.01	.03	.722	.02	.03	.469
Positive appraisal (P)	.05	.03	.115	.06	.03	.065
Negative appraisal (P)	.00	.03	.854	.05	.03	.099
Between-level variables
Teleworker (1 = yes)	−.13	.08	.087	.15	.08	.061
Job autonomy (G)	−.03	.09	.719	−.06	.09	.525
Home protection preference (G)	−.24	.09	.009	.34	.09	<.001
Gender (1 = female)	−.04	.07	.627	.02	.07	.734
Age (G)	.00	.08	.973	.08	.08	.347
HWTs (G)	.04	.09	.691	.24	.10	.017
Positive appraisal (G)	.24	.08	.006	−.22	.09	.011
Negative appraisal (G)	−.17	.09	.070	.14	.09	.125
Variance level 2 (person)	0.36 (56%)			0.81 (65%)
Variance level 1 (day)	0.28 (44%)			0.44 (35%)

Notes. γ = standardized coefficient. SE = standard error. (P) = person-mean centred. (G) = grand-mean centred.

Figure 1 . Interaction of appraisals with HWTs in predicting psychological strain – result from the supplementary analyses.

Note. PMC refers to person-mean centered (i.e. within-person level).