Staying engaged during the week: The effect of off-job activities on next day work engagement

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-455

  Ten Brummelhuis, Lieke L ^a,b   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leisure time activities; Psychological detachment; Recovery; Relaxation; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HOUSEHOLD; JOB ACTIVITY; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK; WORKING TIME; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; RELAXATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875964727     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029213     Document Type: Article

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