Correction to Rainmakers: Why bad weather means good productivity [Journal of Applied Psychology (2014)] DOI:10.1037/a0035559;Rainmakers: Why bad weather means good productivity

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 504-513

  Lee, Jooa Julia ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b   Staats, Bradley R ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distractions; Opportunity cost; Productivity; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; WEATHER;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEATHER;

EID: 84900875352     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036192     Document Type: Erratum

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