Reciprocal Relations Between Recovery and Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Job Stressors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 842-853

  Sonnentag, Sabine ^a   Mojza, Eva J ^b   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c   Bakker, Arnold B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diary; Job demands; Recovery; Situational constraints; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84868671720     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028292     Document Type: Article

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