Emotional intelligence and dispositional affectivity as moderators of workplace aggression: The impact on behavior choice

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-143

  Quebbeman, Amanda J ^a   Rozell, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispositional affectivity; Emotional intelligence; Workplace aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644260430     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(01)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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