Diary Studies in Organizational Research: An Introduction and Some Practical Recommendations

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-93

  Ohly, Sandra ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Niessen, Cornelia ^b   Zapf, Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diary study; Event sampling; Experience sampling; Mood; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953834216     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000009     Document Type: Review

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