A multilevel model of emotional skills, communication performance, and task performance in teams

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 700-722

  Troth, Ashlea C ^a   Jordan, Peter J ^a   Lawrence, Sandra A ^a   Tse, Herman H M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication performance; Emotional skills; Multilevel; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861531584     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.785     Document Type: Article

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