Emotional episodes at work: An experiential exercise in feeling and expressing emotions

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Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

This exercise explores how organizations affect individuals’ feelings and expressions of emotion. Although recent attention by management theorists suggests that emotions are an important aspect of organizational life, people’s actual experience of emotions at work often do not reflect this emphasis: Work-place emotions remain, in large part, undiscussable. The purpose of this experiential exercise is to emphasize emotions as a central, rather than hidden, part of work life. In the exercise, students explore and discuss emotional “episodes” from their work lives to learn about how organizations generate display rules for emotional expression and what this means for individual and organizational effectiveness.

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Copyright 2006 Sage

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Publication Title

Journal of Management Education

Published Citation

Gibson, Donald E. "Emotional episodes at work: An experiential exercise in feeling and expressing emotions." Journal of Management Education 30, no. 3 (2006): 477-500. doi: 10.1177/1052562905282016.

DOI

10.1177/1052562905282016

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