Emotion helpers: The role of high positive affectivity and high self-monitoring managers

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-365

  Toegel, Ginka ^a   Anand, N ^b   Kilduff, Martin ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34547159668     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2007.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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