ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the daily experiences of flow at work in an attempt to understand the within-person dynamics of the phenomenon, and to analyses the psychological processes that explain these within-employee variations. It analyses the theoretical importance of understanding within-person fluctuations in flow over and above between-person differences. The chapter outlines the methodological challenges that scholars face when studying within-person fluctuations in work-related flow. It also considers the different research protocols and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. Flow is an optimal experiences that individuals in general, and employees in particular, feel when engaging in activities that are intrinsically rewarding. The main advantage of adopting a complementary trait-state approach in the study of work-related flow is that it offers the opportunity to observe the flow experience when and while it evolves, whether it is moments within workdays or workdays within weeks.
