Positive is usually good, negative is not always bad: The effects of group affect on social integration and task performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1214-1227

  Knight, Andrew P ^a   Eisenkraft, Noah ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Group; Meta analysis; Social integration; Team

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937073399     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: 19391854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000006     Document Type: Article

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