Good morning, good day: A diary study on positive emotions, hope, and work engagement

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1129-1154

  Ouweneel, Else ^a   Le Blanc, Pascale M ^b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   van Wijhe, Corine I ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

emotion in organizations; job employee attitudes; mental health; motivation; organizational psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865738058     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711429382     Document Type: Article

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