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Positive emotions, negative emotions, or utility of discrete emotions?
Author(s) -
Lindebaum Dirk,
Jordan Peter J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.1819
Subject(s) - psychology , association (psychology) , social psychology , negative emotion , simple (philosophy) , cognitive psychology , epistemology , psychotherapist , philosophy
Summary We note a tendency in organizational behavior research to link positive emotions with positive outcomes and negative emotions with negative outcomes. In this Incubator, we argue against this simple association and provide suggestions for researchers to develop interesting lines of enquiry that look beyond simple symmetrical associations. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.