The effects of leader negative emotions on evaluations of leadership in a crisis situation: The role of anger and sadness

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-114

  Madera, Juan M ^a   Smith, D Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect transference; Leader emotion; Organizational crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549092483     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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