The Emotional Life of Organisations

How Feelings Shape Culture, Performance, and Results
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-84458-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Who hasn’t felt, at least at one time, overlooked, overwhelmed, or overly self-critical at work? The Emotional Life of Organisations explores the often-overlooked emotional fabric that shapes organisational life.

Organisations grow, compete, and change based on the emotions that drive people's choices, politics, and goals. Emotions can either energise or paralyse people. Most business books ignore this fundamental driver of organisational behaviour and almost exclusively focus on the logical and ‘cognitive’ aspects of work. Using an easy-to-read and engaging style, this book will help people and businesses understand the important role emotions play in the workplace by using research, stories, useful tips, and writing assignments to explain:

• Motivation: The emotions that motivate employees and how leaders can channel them.

• Anxiety: Navigating workplace uncertainty, fear, and self-doubt.

• Criticism: Managing the emotional impact of giving and receiving feedback.

• Envy: Understanding and addressing envy in the workplace.

• Change: Helping teams through the emotional rollercoaster of transformation.

• Well-being: Recognising and managing burnout, addiction, depression, and the effects of emotional strain.

• The emotional impact of remote working.

The knowledge gained through reading this book is powerful in helping leaders, managers, and employees to improve well-being, motivation, and performance at work.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drayton, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Chapter 1: What are feelings?, Chapter 2: Feelings as data, Chapter 3: Personality,emotion, and feelings, Chapter 4: Stress, anxiety, and burnout, Chapter 5: The two-way mirror: Understanding the emotions and feelings surrounding workplace feedback, Chapter 6: Emotions and negotiations, Chapter 7: Running into trouble: Emotions, feelings, and conflict at work, Chapter 8: Feelin’ good: Emotion, engagement, and innovation in organisations, Chapter 9: Feeling confused: Emotion, ambiguity, and decision-making in organisations, Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Drayton is a Clinical Psychologist, Executive Coach, and Organisational Consultant. He is affiliated with Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he coaches on the Executive MBA and a range of senior leadership programmes. His work integrates clinical psychology, systems psychodynamics, and behavioural science to explore the emotional undercurrents of organisational life. He is the author of The Saboteur at Work and Leading Hybrid Organisations, and has over 20 years’ experience consulting to leaders and organisations across the public and private sectors.