Why Do Emotionally Intelligent People Have Positive Work Attitudes? The mediating role of situational judgment effectiveness

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-362

  Choi, Daejeong ^a   Oh, In Sue ^b   Guay, Russell P ^c   Lee, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 81255138403     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2011.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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