These are faulty, maladaptive, pathological behaviours resulting from external conditions of pressure or strain, as well as physiological reactions leading to a breakdown of organized functioning. They may include behavioural symptoms, such as poor motor control, disorganized speech patterns, accidents incurred; physiological symptoms, such as increase of glucose levels in the blood leading to accelerated heart rate; and/or subjective symptoms, such as feelings of loss of control.
Published in Chapter:
The Influence of Emotions in Making Hard Decisions in Organizational Contexts
Cristina Casado Lumbreras (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain), Ricardo Colomo Palacios (Universidad Carlos III, Spain), and Juan Miguel Gómez Berbís (Universidad Carlos III, Spain)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-843-7.ch055
Abstract
In the present study, we focus on the influence of emotions and the emotional consequences of decisionmaking processes. Specifically, we have analyzed the emotional consequences for managers of making hard decisions in organizations. In this work we define hard decisions as those affecting the status, professional career, and/or salary of employees in the organization. Ten managers from different multinational organizations were interviewed. Hence, this work represents a qualitative exploratory study in which the managers’ opinions and experience from different professional environments are the subject of analysis and discussion. After the application of a semistructured brief interview, the answers were analyzed by content analysis.