How leader displays of happiness and sadness influence follower performance: Emotional contagion and creative versus analytical performance

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-188

  Visser, Victoria A ^a   van Knippenberg, Daan ^a   van Kleef, Gerben A ^b   Wisse, Barbara ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creativity; Happiness; Leader affect; Leadership effectiveness; Sadness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872371865     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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