Go with your gut: Emotion and evaluation in job interviews

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1339-1389

  Rivera, Lauren A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84933059678     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681214     Document Type: Article

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