Vigor as a Positive Affect at Work: Conceptualizing Vigor, Its Relations With Related Constructs, and Its Antecedents and Consequences

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-64

  Shirom, Arie ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mood; Positive affect; Vigor; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952495201     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021853     Document Type: Article

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