What Makes Us Enthusiastic, Angry, Feeling at Rest or Worried? Development and Validation of an Affective Work Events Taxonomy Using Concept Mapping Methodology

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-35

  Ohly, Sandra ^a   Schmitt, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect at work; Affective events theory; Affective work events; Concept mapping methodology; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928468219     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-013-9328-3     Document Type: Article

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