The role of organizational leaders in employee emotion management: A theoretical model

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 563-580

  Kaplan, Seth ^a   Cortina, Jose ^a   Ruark, Gregory ^b   LaPort, Kate ^b   Nicolaides, Vias ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Emotion management; Leadership; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901036612     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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