'Suddenly I get into the zone': Examining discontinuities and nonlinear changes in flow experiences at work

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1101-1127

  Ceja, Lucia ^a   Navarro, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cusp model; employee well being; linear regression model; nonlinear dynamics; work related flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865715140     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712447116     Document Type: Article

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