Destructive de-energizing relationships: How thriving buffers their effect on performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1423-1433

  Gerbasi, Alexandra ^a   Porath, Christine L ^b   Parker, Andrew ^a   Spreitzer, Gretchen ^c   Cross, Rob ^d  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

De energizing relationships; Performance; Social networks; Thriving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84941193080     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: 19391854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000015     Document Type: Article

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