Nonverbal emotion recognition and salespersons: Linking ability to perceived and actual success

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2600-2619

  Byron, Kristin ^a   Terranova, Sophia ^b   Nowicki Jr , Stephen ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348944451     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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