Establishing positive emotional climates to advance organizational transformation

Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 531-545

  Fredrickson, Barbara L ^a   Sekerka, Leslie E ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Menlo College   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781848443778.00046     Document Type: Chapter

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