Leadership and emotion management for complex tasks: Different emotions, different strategies

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-533

  Thiel, Chase E ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a   Griffith, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal theory; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Leadership; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860322416     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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