Measuring emotion: Methodological issues and alternatives

Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-208

  Dasborough, Marie T ^a   Sinclair, Marta ^b   Russell Bennett, Rebekah ^c   Tombs, Alastair ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781848443778.00021     Document Type: Chapter

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