The Effect of Breaktime Information Privacy on Breaktime Recovery: A Measure Development and Construct Validation Study
Open AccessThe increasing prevalence and variety of monitoring technologies in workplaces has reduced levels of workplace privacy, changing the way people think about and perform their work. Information privacy perceptions refer to perceptions of control over the acquisition, storage, use, and dissemination of one’s information. Research demonstrates that information privacy perceptions influence work relevant attitudes and behaviors as people work, but research has yet to explore how these perceptions affect people during workday breaks. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of breaktime information privacy on breaktime experiences and recovery. Study 1 and Study 2 detail the development and validation of a short scale to measure breaktime information privacy. In Study 3, the nomological network of breaktime information privacy was explored and construct validity evidence was collected. Finally, in Study 4, experience-sampling methodology was used to test hypotheses at the within-person level in sample of working adults who reported on their lunch break experiences during 6 consecutive workdays. Results suggest that breaktime information privacy perceptions vary within-person from day-to-day and are positively related breaktime control and negatively related to privacy invasion. Moreover, breaktime information privacy was found to indirectly relate to post-break recovery through its relationship with breaktime control. Taken all together, these results suggest that that breaktime information privacy may be an important antecedent of beneficial breaktime experiences and breaktime recovery.
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