Exercise after work, psychological mediators, and affect: A day-level study

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-79

  Feuerhahn, Nicolas ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Woll, Alexander ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Diary study; Exercise activities; Mediators; Multilevel analysis; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890715340     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2012.709965     Document Type: Article

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