Is passion contagious? The transference of entrepreneurial passion to employees

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Cardon, Melissa S ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional contagion; Entrepreneurship; Passion

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649184888     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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