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Towards Integrating Emotions into Strategic Management Research: Trait Affect and Perceptions of the Strategic Environment[Note 1. I am grateful to Dr Jacky Holloway and Dr ...]
Author(s) -
Daniels Kevin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.00081
Subject(s) - trait , affect (linguistics) , perception , psychology , sample (material) , negative affectivity , positive affectivity , social psychology , marketing , business , personality , communication , neuroscience , computer science , programming language , chemistry , chromatography
This paper describes an empirical investigation of the associations between trait negative affect and perceptions of the strategic environment. Data were collected from two samples of managers undertaking a distance learning MBA course (n = 59, n = 272). In the smaller sample, significant correlations were found between negative affectivity and perceptions of poor organizational performance and industry complexity. These results were replicated in the larger sample, after controlling for other variables. Additionally, negative affectivity was found to be related to perceived industry growth, and marginally related to perceived industry competitiveness.