How does a vacation from work affect employee health and well-being?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1606-1622

  de Bloom, Jessica ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Taris, Toon ^a,c   de Weerth, Carolina ^a   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

health; holiday; recovery; stress; well being; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858788594     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2010.546860     Document Type: Article

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