It pays to have an eye for emotions: Emotion recognition ability indirectly predicts annual income

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-163

  Momm, Tassilo ^a   Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Liu, Yongmei ^b   Wihler, Andreas ^a   Kholin, Mareike ^a   Menges, Jochen I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition ability; Income; Performance; Political skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921373878     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1975     Document Type: Article

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