'Flow' at work: An experience sampling approach

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 595-615

  Fullagar, Clive J ^a   Kelloway, E Kevin ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 76749084294     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X357903     Document Type: Article

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