Job skill discretion and emotion control strategies as antecedents of recovery from work

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 389-401

  Jalonen, Noora ^a   Kinnunen, Marja Liisa ^a,b   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a   Kokko, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b The Health Centre of Jyvaskyla Cooperation Area   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emotional inhibition; Emotional rumination; Job resources; Job skill discretion; Recovery; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937251868     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.914923     Document Type: Article

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