Emotion in Organizations

Book Overview

This Second Edition contains key themes with all new contributors and is a completely separate work from the first. Emotion in Organization presents original work from leading scholars in the field, they approach emotion as a qualitative phenomenon, which shapes and is shaped by organizational life. Examining how emotion cannot be simply separated from thinking, judgment, decision-making and other so-called rational organizational processes, the book challenges us to build a passionate theory of organizations. The introduction reviews the expansion of organizational emotion studies and their appeal to several social-scientific disciplines. Divided into four parts, the book reveals through stories, interviews, confessions, ethnographies and observations the way feeling and emotion lie at the heart of organizational functioning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761966250
• ISBN13: 9780761966258
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.4"