1st Edition

A Day in the Life of a Happy Worker

Edited By Arnold B. Bakker, Kevin Daniels Copyright 2013
184 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

184 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

184 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

This edited collection brings together some of the leading researchers in the study of the daily experience of work and daily well-being. The book covers both theoretical and methodological issues involved in studying workers’ well-being as it evolves on a daily basis. Interest in the topic of daily fluctuations in worker well-being has grown rapidly over the past ten years. This is partly... Read more

A. B. Bakker & K. Daniels, A Day in the Life of a Happy Worker: Introduction. D. J. Beal & H. M. Weiss, The Episodic Structure of Life at Work. D. Xanthopoulou & A. B. Bakker, State Work Engagement:The Significance of Within-Person Fluctuations. C. Fullagar & E. K. Kelloway, Work Related Flow. K. Daniels, Jobs Characteristics and Problem-Solving. C. Binnewies & S. Sonnentag, The Application of Diary Methods to Examine Workers’. C. Binnewies & S. Sonnentag, Daily Recovery During Off-Job Time. N. Dimotakis & R. Ilies, Experience-sampling and Event-Sampling Research. G. Hertel & C. Stamov-Roßnagel, Reconstruction Methods: Using Episodic Memory Traces to Capture Experiences at Work Efficiently.S. Gross, L. L. Meier, & N. K. Semmer, Latent Growth Modeling Applied to Diary Data: The Trajectory of Vigor Across a Working Week as an Illustrative Example. K. Waddington, Using Qualitative Diary Research to Understand Emotion at Work. P. Totterdell, D. Holman, & K. Niven, Research Agenda.

Biography

Arnold B. Bakker is Full Professor at the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is President of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, and a fellow of the American Psychological Society. His research interests include positive organizational behavior (e.g. performance, flow and engagement at work), burnout, work-family balance, and crossover of work-related emotions. Further information can be found at: www.arnoldbakker.com

Kevin Daniels is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research concerns how cognitive and emotional processes involved in the design of work influence well-being, safety and performance. As well as academic research, he is also involved in research on how to develop governmental policy and guidance to enhance health and well-being at work.