Understanding the positive and negative effects of emotional expressions in organizations: EASI does it

Human Relations

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1145-1164

  van Kleef, Gerben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anger; emotion and leadership; emotion and negotiation; emotional expressions in organizations; Emotions as Social Information (EASI) theory; happiness; interpersonal effects of emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906776711     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713510329     Document Type: Review

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