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Regulatory Focus Theory: Implications for the Study of Emotions at Work
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- Authors
- Brockner, J., & Higgins, E. T.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- ORCID
- Higgins, E.Tory
- Venue
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-09
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-66
- ISSN
- 0749-5978 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2047028789
- Cited by
- 964
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 81 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 42 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 38 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 35
- FWCI
- 12.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
- Keywords
- regulatory focus, promotion focus, prevention focus, workplace emotions, self-regulation, ideal self, ought self, actual self, person-organization fit, goal setting theory, expectancy-value theory, behavioral decision theory, resistance to organizational change, employee emotions
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