Emotion recognition and emergent leadership: Unraveling mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 977-991

  Walter, Frank ^a   Cole, Michael S ^b   der Vegt, Gerben S van ^a   Rubin, Robert S ^c   Bommer, William H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Emotional intelligence; Extraversion; Leader emergence; Task coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865068229     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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