Differential affective reactions to negative and positive feedback, and the role of self-esteem

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 590-609

  Ilies, Remus ^a   De Pater, Irene E ^b   Judge, Tim ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feedback; Performance management; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548177499     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710778459     Document Type: Article

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