The role of emotions in employees' explanations for failure in the workplace

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 663-680

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Shomrat, Noga ^a   Biger, Nahum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotional dissonance; Employee behaviour; Problem employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744453766     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940510631435     Document Type: Article

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