Bringing emotion to work: Emotional intelligence, employee resistance and the reinvention of character

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 603-625

  Hughes, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Management control; Moral character; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645532833     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055675     Document Type: Review

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