Latent Profile Analysis on the Association of Energy Management Strategies with Work Outcomes

doi:10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2023.01.019

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the effort-recovery model and ego depletion theory， latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to classify 522 employees into different types of energy management strategies at work， and further analyze the differences of employees adopting different types of energy management strategies in terms of workplace well-being and work performance. It was shown that employees’ energy management strategies can be divided into four types， i.e.， avoidant-energy users， work-energy users， casual-energy users and positive-energy users. Furthermore， employees classified as work-energy users and positive-energy users have the highest level of workplace well-being and work performance， and there is no significant difference in the outcomes of the two types， casual-energy users have the middle level of workplace well-being and work performance， and avoidant-energy users have the lowest level of workplace well-being and work performance among the four types.

Key words: micro-break; work-related strategy; workplace well-being; work performance; latent profile analysis (LPA)

CLC Number:

TP93

ZHANG Lan-xia， JIA Yuan-yuan， DAI Guang-song， MAO Meng-yu. Latent Profile Analysis on the Association of Energy Management Strategies with Work Outcomes[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science), 2023, 44(1): 138-144.

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