Observers' expectations regarding the emotional reactions of others in a failure context: The role of status and perceived dominance

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-62

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Sharabi, Moshe ^b   Cossette, Michel ^c   Hess, Ursula ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c The Department of Management of Human Resources   (Canada)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional reactions; Facial dominance; Na ve emotion theories; Organizational status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952104280     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-010-9199-0     Document Type: Article

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