Recovery: Nonwork Experiences That Promote Positive States

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sonnentag, Sabine ^a   Niessen, Cornelia ^b   Neff, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Job performance; Positive affect; Proactive behavior; Psychological detachment; Recovery; Restoration; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924989622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0066     Document Type: Chapter

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