Objectives: To analyze the factors that affect the life satisfaction of employees and to explore the mechanism of recovery experience affecting life satisfaction. Methods: The study uses the questionnaire survey to conduct convenient sampling surveys. Sonnentag and Fritz ’ s Recovery Experience Scale, Work-Family Gain Scale developed by Carlson et al. and Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Diener et al. were used to survey 500 employees in Wuhan. Results: Regression analysis revealed that recovery experience positively influenced life satisfaction. Direct effect of recovery experience on life satisfaction is 0.646 ( p < 0.01). Mediation analysis found that recovery experience influenced life satisfaction through work-family enrichment. Indirect effect of recovery experience on life satisfaction is 0.213 ( p < 0.001). Conclusions: 1) Employees ’ recovery experience positively predicted life satisfaction; 2) Work-family enrichment mediated the relationship between recovery experience and life satisfaction. Our results show both limitations and intriguing directions for future research.
KeywordsRecovery ExperienceLife SatisfactionWork-Family EnrichmentConservation of Resource Theory
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