The Effect of an Expressive-Writing Intervention for Employees on Emotional Self-Efficacy, Emotional Intelligence, Affect, and Workplace Incivility

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-195

  Kirk, Beverley A ^a   Schutte, Nicola S ^a   Hine, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 78651495350     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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