Recovery: Non-work experiences that promote positive states

Sonnentag S, Niessen C, Neff A (2012)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Accepted

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2012

Original Authors: Sonnentag Sabine, Niessen Cornelia, Neff Angela

Publisher: University Press

Edited Volumes: The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

City/Town: Oxford

Pages Range: 867-881

ISBN: 9780199734610

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0066

Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of research on work-related recovery processes. Recovery can be conceptualized as a process that reverses the strain process and that restores well-being. The chapter focuses on the question of how recovery processes improve positive affective states, work engagement, and job performance. The chapter stresses that it may not only be important to gain distance from negative work experiences, but also to capitalize on positive work events and experiences.

Authors with CRIS profile

Cornelia Niessen Lehrstuhl für Psychologie im Arbeitsleben

Involved external institutions

Universität Mannheim DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Sonnentag, S., Niessen, C., & Neff, A. (2012). Recovery: Non-work experiences that promote positive states. In Cameron Kim S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. (pp. 867-881). Oxford: University Press.

MLA:

Sonnentag, Sabine, Cornelia Niessen, and Angela Neff. "Recovery: Non-work experiences that promote positive states." The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. Ed. Cameron Kim S., Oxford: University Press, 2012. 867-881.

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