Differential effects of male and female managers' non-verbal emotional skills on employees' ratings

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-134

  Byron, Kristin ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Gender; Job satisfaction; Management skills; Managers; Non verbal communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049167692     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810850772     Document Type: Article

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