Being emotional during decision making - Good or bad? An empirical investigation

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 923-940

  Seo, Myeong Gu ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34548810188     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2007.26279217     Document Type: Article

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