Don't leave your heart at home: Gain cycles of positive emotions, resources, and engagement at work

Career Development International

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 537-556

  Ouweneel, Else ^a   Le Blanc, Pascale M ^b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broaden and build theory; Gain cycles; Job resources; Personal resources; Positive emotions; Quality of life; Work engagement; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867825156     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431211280123     Document Type: Article

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