RESEARCH ARTICLE
Spillover of authenticity from work to home: The mediating role of affect
Hong Zhang,
Changkai Chen,
Rebecca Schlegel,
Kaiyuan Chen,
Corresponding Author
Hong Zhang
Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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ChangKai Chen or Hong Zhang, Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210053, Jiangsu, China.
Emails: [email protected] (C.C.); [email protected] (H.Z.)
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Changkai Chen
Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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ChangKai Chen or Hong Zhang, Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210053, Jiangsu, China.
Emails: [email protected] (C.C.); [email protected] (H.Z.)
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Schlegel
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorKaiyuan Chen
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHong Zhang,
Changkai Chen,
Rebecca Schlegel,
Kaiyuan Chen,
Corresponding Author
Hong Zhang
Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Correspondence
ChangKai Chen or Hong Zhang, Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210053, Jiangsu, China.
Emails: [email protected] (C.C.); [email protected] (H.Z.)
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Changkai Chen
Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Correspondence
ChangKai Chen or Hong Zhang, Department of Psychology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210053, Jiangsu, China.
Emails: [email protected] (C.C.); [email protected] (H.Z.)
Search for more papers by this authorRebecca Schlegel
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorKaiyuan Chen
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA
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This research is supported by a grant from Zijin Media Think Tank, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract
A growing area of research is beginning to examine the state-like nature of authenticity. The current study builds on this research by examining the (dis)continuity in state authenticity across two different social contexts: work and home. We surveyed 154 full-time employees twice a day for five consecutive workdays. Results showed that state authenticity at work and at home shared a relatively strong positive relationship that appeared to be mediated by the spillover of affect from one context to the next. This is consistent with prior work showing that affect tends to “spillover” from one context to the next and work that suggests a causal impact of affect on authenticity judgments. Implications for the study of state authenticity as well as work–home interaction are discussed.
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