Positivity within teamwork: Cross-level effects of positivity on performance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-235

  Livi, Stefano ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross level; Multilevel analysis; Performance; Positivity; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929574442     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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