Positive feelings and cooperative support in project groups

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-190

  Bierhoff, Hans Werner ^a   Müller, Günter F ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cooperation; Group atmosphere; Mood; Organizational citizenship behavior; Organizational spontaneity; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041126028     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.58.3.180     Document Type: Article

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