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Emotions in the Workplace is a highly professional very technical, collection of articles that deals with the association between emotions and the workplace.
Administration in Social WorkEmotions in the Workplace sheds considerable light on important unresolved issues, such as the causes of emotions and the consequences of emotional labor for the well-being of employees. This book should help readers identify some basic questions in this field of research and develop new ideas for studying to role of emotions in organizations.
Administrative Science QuarterlyThis book provides a thought-provoking exploration of affective processes in organizational settings and an interesting overview of different lines of research in this relatively new field of investigation....this book is a great way to start exploring the role of emotions in the workplace. It is both captivating and useful for students and researchers interested in emotions and organizational behavior, as well as for human resources managers and those supervising staff who interact directly with clients.
Contemporary Psychology APA Review of BooksI have been waiting to see workplace-emotion elevated to receive its own rightful status among all the other "classic" I-O topics, rather than being relegated to the "other" ranks. I think this book will be one more positive contribution to this end.
Personnel Psychology
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"[A] groundbreaking overview of a significant emerging area of scholarly theory and research. As a connoisseur of the role of emotions in work, I found much to relish and learn from in this intellectual feast." - Daniel Goleman Author of Working with Emotional Intelligence
"This book plays a noteworthy part in the new wave of scholarship that is emotionalising the workplace. The editors have brought together a range of social researchers at the cutting edge of their disciplines, who explore different facets, fusions, and functions of emotions in organizations....Importantly, they reveal a fascinating array of issues and textures on how emotions structure and define relationships, and how they are manipulated in organizations....This collection is an essential one for both new and experienced researchers of emotion." - Stephen Fineman Professor of Organizational Behavior School of Management University of Bath, UK
"A treasure trove of works elucidating emotions in the workplace....This is truly a brilliant volume which I highly recommend to those who study organizations and to those who work in them." - Arlie Hochschild author of The Managed Heart: The Commercialization of Human Feeling and The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
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