Organizational Stories as a Window on Affect in Organizations

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.

Citation

Van Buskirk, W. and McGrath, D. (1992), "Organizational Stories as a Window on Affect in Organizations", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534819210014832