To stop or not to stop, that's the question: About persistence and mood of workaholics and work engaged employees

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-372

  Van Wijhe, Corine I ^a   Peeters, Maria C W ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mood; Persistence rules; Work engagement; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84857044896     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9143-z     Document Type: Article

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