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November 13, 2025Journal of Applied Psychology

No rest for the weary: Pay uncertainty reduces engagement in recovery.

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BCBrice CorgnetRHRoberto Hérnan-GonzalezGSGordon M. Sayre

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Overview

Experiments reveal pay uncertainty drives overwork and reduces recovery in employees, highlighting psychological effects on well-being.

Key Points

  • This research investigates the effects of pay uncertainty on employee recovery and well-being.
  • Integrated employee sustainability theory with scarcity theory.
  • Conducted five real-effort experiments with 1,476 participants.
  • Assessed impacts of pay uncertainty on work duration and recovery engagement.
  • Participants with higher pay uncertainty worked longer hours.
  • Increased pay uncertainty correlated with delayed recovery behaviors.
  • Findings supported predictions of scarcity theory regarding financial scarcity perceptions.

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Corgnet et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692523b2c0ce034ddc354753https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001335
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