Dynamic affect in team meetings: An interpersonal construct embedded in dynamic interaction processes

The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 456-480

  Lei, Zhike ^a   Lehmann Willenbrock, Nale ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic emotional processes; Group affect; Team meeting interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954286811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107589735.020     Document Type: Chapter

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