The relation between off-job recovery and job resources: person-level differences and day-level dynamics

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 226-238

  Niks, Irene M W ^a   Gevers, Josette M P ^a   De Jonge, Jan ^a,b   Houtman, Irene L D ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

daily diary study; detachment from work; job resources; off job recovery; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955734735     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2015.1042459     Document Type: Article

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