Establishing a positive emotional climate to create 21st-century organizational change

The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 101-118

  Vacharkulksemsuk, Tanya ^a   Sekerka, Leslie E ^b   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Menlo College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483307961.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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