{
  "title": "Replying to your manager outside working hours: what needs clarifying?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/repondre-au-manager-hors-horaires-clarifier-la-disponibilite-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-12-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A late message does not necessarily call for an immediate reply. Research encourages us to distinguish between when a message is sent, the actual expectation and the pressure felt by its recipient.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Larissa K."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The mechanism to consider: psychological detachment",
      "point": "Sabine Sonnentag and Charlotte Fritz (2007, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology) distinguish four recovery experiences: psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery experiences and control over leisure time."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that managers should never send messages outside working hours."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "These studies draw in part on self-report measures and do not demonstrate that an agreement on response times is sufficient to improve recovery."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "As part of SHR's programme on [building an effective relationship with your manager](/formation/relation-avec-son-manager/lausanne), an exercise applicable in Lausanne is to agree in writing on ordinary response times and a dedicated emergency channel, taking account of the constraints specific to medtech, higher education institutions, international sport and scale-ups across the Lake Geneva region."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Santuzzi",
      "year": "2015",
      "source": "Journal of Occupational Health Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Fritz",
      "year": "2007",
      "source": "Journal of Occupational Health Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 442,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2025-12-26-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/relation-avec-son-manager/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}