Workaholism as discretionary time investment at work: An experience-sampling study

Applied Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-127

  Snir, Raphael ^b   Zohar, Dov ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

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EID: 38749133664     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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