Do social conflicts with customers at work encroach upon our private lives? A diary study

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-315

  Volmer, Judith ^a   Niessen, Cornelia ^a   Binnewies, Carmen ^b   Sonnentag, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Negative work reflection; Psychological detachment from work; Psychological well bein; Recovery; Social conflicts with customers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORKPLACE; ADULT; AFFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868661427     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028454     Document Type: Article

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