Organizational Stories as a Window on Affect in Organizations
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Organizational Change Management
- Vol. 5 (2) , 9-24
- https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819210014832
Abstract
Research on organizational culture has provided much needed subtlety in understanding organizational events. However, it has a cognitive bias which leaves implicit the treatment of emotional phenomena. Organizational stories can provide a window on affect in organizations if we view stories as symbolically embedded appraisals of wellbeing. Presents an illustrative case to demonstrate how such enquiry might proceed.Keywords
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