Smartphone Use, Work-Home Interference, and Burnout: A Diary Study on the Role of Recovery

Applied Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 411-440

  Derks, Daantje ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84901847167     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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