A diary study on the happy worker: How job resources relate to positive emotions and personal resources

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-517

  Xanthopoulou, Despoina ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b,e   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broaden and build theory; Job resources; Personal resources; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864679662     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.584386     Document Type: Article

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