Group affective tone: A review and future research directions

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages

  Collins, Amy L ^a   Lawrence, Sandra A ^a   Troth, Ashlea C ^a   Jordan, Peter J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883464025     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1887     Document Type: Article

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