Sleep quality and self-control capacity as protective resources in the daily emotional labor process: Results from two diary studies

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 809-827

  Diestel, Stefan ^a   Rivkin, Wladislaw ^a   Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Day specific; Day specific emotional dissonance; Day specific psychological strain; Self control capacity; Sleep quality; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; SLEEP; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-CONTROL; SLEEP; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84926370690     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: 19391854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038373     Document Type: Article

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