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Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions — Our Research Agenda

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Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions

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Organizations and organizing constitute a field of research where sociologists and social scientists from business and management schools typically meet for a fruitful exchange (e.g. Clegg et al. 2006; Adler 2009). This observation may be echoed for the study of emotion in organizations, and has inspired the conception of this volume.

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    Barbara Sieben (Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management focused on Diversity) (Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management focused on Diversity)

  2. department of Sociology, Gothenburg University, Sweden

    Åsa Wettergren PhD (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Sieben, B., Wettergren, Å. (2010). Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions — Our Research Agenda. In: Sieben, B., Wettergren, Å. (eds) Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230289895_1

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