Kindling fires and extinguishing candles: The wind of mood contagion in work groups

Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 423-440

  Saavedra, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781848443778.00037     Document Type: Chapter

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