Relationships between leaders' and subordinates' emotion regulation and satisfaction and affect at work

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-457

  Kafetsios, Konstantinos ^a   Nezlek, John B ^b   Vassilakou, Thanai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; leadership roles; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861835028     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2011.632788     Document Type: Article

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