Micro-break activities at work to recover from daily work demands

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-44

  Kim, Sooyeol ^a   Park, YoungAh ^a   Niu, Qikun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

micro break activities; momentary recovery; negative affect; work demands

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008214633     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2109     Document Type: Article

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