The work-related flow inventory: Construction and initial validation of the WOLF

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-414

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Flow; Happiness; Job resources; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449109820     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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