Thriving at work-A diary study

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-487

  Niessen, Cornelia ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Sach, Friederike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meaning; Resources; Thriving; Vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857788405     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.763     Document Type: Article

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