Getting the measure of emotion - And the cautionary tale of emotional intelligence

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 719-740

  Fineman, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotional intelligence; Measurement; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142722209     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704044953     Document Type: Article

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