Emotional competence and work performance: The mediating effect of proactivity and the moderating effect of job autonomy

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 983-1000

  Kim, Tae Yeol ^a   Cable, Daniel M ^b   Kim, Sang Pyo ^c   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 70349479028     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.610     Document Type: Article

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