Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 459-488

  Côté, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ability; Emotion; Intelligence; Leadership; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017055419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091233     Document Type: Review

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