Workaholism and daily recovery: A day reconstruction study of leisure activities

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-107

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b   Oerlemans, Wido ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Day reconstruction method; Diary; Happiness; Recovery; Vigor; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871254774     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1796     Document Type: Article

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