Compassion, power and organization

Journal of Political Power

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-404

  Simpson, A V ^a   Clegg, S R ^b,c,d   Freeder, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compassion; emotion; organisation; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889652730     PISSN: 2158379X     EISSN: 21583803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2013.846558     Document Type: Article

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