The effect of music listening on work performance

Psychology of Music

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-191

  Lesiuk, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Computer software design; Creativity; Mood; Music psychology; Productivity; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949150841     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735605050650     Document Type: Article

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