Work-related flow and energy at work and at home: A study on the role of daily recovery

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-295

  Demerouti, Evangelia ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Sonnentag, Sabine ^c   Fullagar, Clive J ^d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily diary; Exhaustion; Flow at work; Psychological detachment; Recovery; Vigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855648638     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.760     Document Type: Article

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