Yesterday’s Work–Home Conflict and Actigraphically Recorded Sleep-Onset Latency as Predictors of Today’s Cognitive Failure

Abstract Cognitive failures are errors in routine action regulation that increase with higher mental demands. In particular, occupations where guidance such as teaching or supervision is essential, cognitive harm one’s performance and also negatively impact knowledge transfer. The aim of this study to investigate yesterday’s work–home conflict (WHC) objectively assessed sleep-onset latency antecedents a next-day failures. Fifty-three teachers were during working week, the morning, after work, evening on each day, well Saturday morning. Sleep-onset was ambulatory actimetry. multi-level analyses showed both WHC predict next day (controlling for from previous sleep quantity, leisure time rumination until falling asleep). However, there no association between WHCs nightly latency. Thus, did not mediate effects today’s Our results highlight importance good work–life balance daily functioning. order promote functioning employees occupational safety, conditions recovery should be considered.