How does a vacation from work affect employee health and well-being?

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Published in Psychol Health on June 28, 2011

Authors

Jessica de Bloom1, Sabine A E Geurts, Sabine Sonnentag, Toon Taris, Carolina de Weerth, Michiel A J Kompier

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.debloom@psych.ru.nl

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