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Persistent Work-related Technology Use, Recovery and Well-being Processes

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In the present work, we focus on individuals’ recovery during non-work time and well-being as two important concepts in work and industrial psychology. In this chapter, we present the conceptualizing of these core concepts. First, we describe theories of work recovery and offer an overview of its operationalization in empirical research. Second, we introduce our conceptualization of recovery. Finally, we look at theoretical frameworks of subjective well-being, choose a concept that best suits our purposes and give an overview about the operationalization of well-being in some selected studies.

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Ďuranová, L., Ohly, S. (2016). Conceptualization of Core Concepts. In: Persistent Work-related Technology Use, Recovery and Well-being Processes. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24759-5_3

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