http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/25212/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38665/ 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z The aim of this study was to examine the role of work status (i.e. working versus not working) in the relationship between time-use and momentary happiness. We employed a longitudinal research design using monthly assessments via the day reconstruction method over 3 years among 579 older adults. In total, participants reported 84,247 daily activities and accompanying momentary happiness levels. Hierarchical linear modeling results revealed that working older individuals are not happier than nonworking individuals in the overall. However, involvement in work as a daily activity does coincide with higher levels of momentary happiness. Furthermore, working older individuals experience more happiness during relaxing activities, and during weekends, whereas nonworking older individuals experience more happiness during administrative activities. These findings provide novel information on intraindividual differences in lifestyle relating to the everyday happiness between working and nonworking older people which cannot be accurately captured by global survey methods. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/32901/ 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Samenvatting De GeluksWijzer is een combinatie van een zelf-help website en een langlopend wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Deelnemers beantwoorden hierbij regelmatig vragen over hun geluk. Van 16.125 deelnemers is bekend in welke provincie ze wonen. Daardoor kan nu worden nagegaan of mensen in alle provincies even gelukkig zijn. Wat is de meest en de minst gelukkige provincie in Nederland? In deze rapportage van de GeluksWijzer zijn verschillen in gemiddeld maandelijks en dagelijks geluk tussen de 12 Nederlandse provincies van 30 september 2010 tot en met 7 februari 2011 onderzocht. De belangrijkste bevindingen zijn: - Deelnemers uit Limburg zijn significant minder gelukkig dan deelnemers uit andere provincies in Nederland: Het rapportcijfer voor maandelijks en dagelijks geluk is er ongeveer een half punt lager. - Deelnemers uit Drenthe waren gemiddeld genomen het gelukkigst. - De (kleine) verschillen in gemiddeld geluk tussen provincies kunnen niet worden verklaard uit verschillen in levensomstandigheden op provincieniveau, zoals bijvoorbeeld het gemiddelde werkloosheidloosheidspercentage of de natuuroppervlakte per provincie. - Het minder hoge gelukscijfer in Limburg kan wel deels verklaard worden doordat meer deelnemers uit Limburg een ondermodaal inkomen hebben dan deelnemers uit de overige Nederlandse provincies. De GeluksWijzer is een gezamenlijk project van de Erasmus Universiteit van Rotterdam en verzekeringcombinatie Univé-VGZ-IZA-TRIAS. Het onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd door het aan de Erasmus Universiteit verbonden onderzoeksinstituut RISBO. Deze rapportage heeft betrekking op de periode 30 september 2010 tot en met 7 februari 2011. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26204/ 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z Objective: The present study examines the relationship between environmental resources (autonomy, social support from the coach, and performance feedback), flow, and performance among young talented soccer players. Design: The design was non-experimental and involved both self- and coach-rated reports of environmental resources, flow experiences, and performance. Method: Both soccer players (N=398) and coaches of 45 talented soccer teams in The Netherlands filled out a questionnaire. Soccer players answered questions about environmental resources, flow and performance during a particular match. In addition, coaches rated the performance of every player in the team during the same match. Results: Results of multilevel analyses showed that flow at the team level is higher when the match results in a draw or win than when the match results in loss. Moreover, environmental resources and particularly performance feedback and support from the coach predicted flow during the soccer game, which, in turn, was positively related to self- and coach-ratings of performance. Conclusions: The findings support the flow literature and the input-process-output model of team performance, and they indicate that common-method variance cannot account for the finding that the environment of soccer players facilitates flow and indirectly performance. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/37526/ 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The main aim of this study was to examine the roles of physical passivity and extraversion in the relationship between daily engagement in activities and daily happiness among older adults. A day reconstruction method was used to accurately examine day-to-day activities and happiness. In total, 438 participants completed a monthly electronic diary survey over a 2-year period, generating 79,181 reported activities and momentary happiness scores. The results show that happiness increases when older adults combine effortful social, physical, cognitive, and household activities with restful activities. Furthermore, participation in social activities mediated the direct relationship between extraversion and happiness. Also, individuals who score high on extraversion derive greater happiness from social activities compared with their low-extravert counterparts. The study extends activity theory by demonstrating that combining effortful activities with restful activities leads to greater happiness among older adults. Also, personality traits such as extraversion play a decisive role in the kind of activities that contribute most to daily happiness. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/20781/ 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Purpose: The paper's aim is to introduce the interactive acculturation model (IAM) of Bourhis et al. to predict how disconcordance in acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers relates to the quality of intergroup work-relations. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of 141 host community (Dutch) and 41 non-western immigrant workers of a postal service company who filled out a questionnaire. Methods of analyses include analysis of variance and multiple regression. Findings: In line with the IAM, results showed that a higher disconcordance in preferred acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers related to a poorer quality of intergroup work-relations. However, intergroup contact moderated this relationship differently for host community and immigrant workers. Research limitations/implications: Data are cross-sectional and collected in one organization. Future studies should replicate the findings to other organizational contexts, cultural groups, and collect longitudinal data to determine causal effects. Practical implications: Organizations should monitor disconcordance in acculturation orientations amongst host community and immigrant workers. A multicultural culture in organizations may reduce disconcordance in acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers. Originality/value: The paper helps to explain the mixed findings in cultural diversity research so far, by demonstrating that disconcordance in acculturation orientations relates negatively to intergroup work-relations in a multicultural workplace.