Recovery from work during off-job time

Bridging Occupational, Organizational and Public Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach

Volumn 9789400756403, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-208

  Geurts, Sabine A E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Control; Effort; Leisure activities; Overtime; Perseverative cognition; Psychological detachment; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84932093103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5640-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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