In shift-based work environments, maintaining recovery from job demands is crucial for employees' well-being and sustained performance. While prior studies have confirmed the importance of recovery experiences, most research has focused on day-shift employees and applied cross-sectional designs, limiting insights into dynamic recovery processes across multiple time points. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and the Effort-Recovery model, this study examines how shift employees' leisure satisfaction and leisure activities from the previous day influence their recovery outcomes. Specifically, we investigate the role of recovery experiences—psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, and control—in shaping work-life balance, well-being, and emotional exhaustion. Using an experience sampling method (ESM) over a three- to four-week period, data were collected from shift employees at an Electronics Company to capture within-person fluctuations and short-term dynamics in leisure and recovery. Results are expected to extend existing research by addressing gaps in the recovery literature on shift work, highlighting differential effects of recovery experiences, and demonstrating the utility of repeated-measures designs for capturing episodic recovery phenomena. Practically, the findings may inform organizational interventions, such as designing supportive leisure resources and promoting autonomy in recovery opportunities, to help employees sustain health and effectiveness under fixed shift schedules.