When email use gets out of control: Understanding the relationship between personality and email overload and their impact on burnout and work engagement

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 502-509

  Reinke, Kathrin ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Core Self Evaluations; Email overload; Personality traits; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; PRODUCTIVITY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BURNOUT; CORE SELF-EVALUATIONS; E-MAIL OVERLOAD; PERSONALITY TRAITS; WORK ENGAGEMENTS; CORE SELF EVALUATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 84902291548     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.075     Document Type: Article

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