It may not be what you think: Gender differences in predicting emotional and social competence

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-652

  Taylor, Scott N ^a   Hood, Jacqueline N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion in organizations; gender in organizations; identity; leadership; performance appraisal and feedback; self awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955103739     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710387950     Document Type: Article

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