TY - CHAP
T1 - COMPLEXITY THEORY AND AFFECT STRUCTURE
T2 - A DYNAMIC APPROACH TO MODELING EMOTIONAL CHANGES IN ORGANIZATIONS
AU - Li, Yan
AU - Ashkanasy, Neal M.
AU - Ahlstrom, David
PY - 2010/7/8
Y1 - 2010/7/8
N2 - To reconcile theoretical discrepancies between discrete emotion, dimensional emotion (positive vs. negative affect), and the circumplex model, we propose the bifurcation model of affect structure (BMAS). Based on complexity theory, this model explores how emotion as an adaptive complex system reacts to affective events through negative and positive feedback loops, resulting in self-organizing oscillation and transformations between three states: equilibrium emotion, discrete positive and negative emotion in the near-equilibrium state, and chaotic emotion. We argue that the BMAS is superior to the extant models in revealing the dynamic connections between emotions and the intensity of affective events in organizational settings.
AB - To reconcile theoretical discrepancies between discrete emotion, dimensional emotion (positive vs. negative affect), and the circumplex model, we propose the bifurcation model of affect structure (BMAS). Based on complexity theory, this model explores how emotion as an adaptive complex system reacts to affective events through negative and positive feedback loops, resulting in self-organizing oscillation and transformations between three states: equilibrium emotion, discrete positive and negative emotion in the near-equilibrium state, and chaotic emotion. We argue that the BMAS is superior to the extant models in revealing the dynamic connections between emotions and the intensity of affective events in organizational settings.
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U2 - 10.1108/s1746-9791(2010)0000006010
DO - 10.1108/s1746-9791(2010)0000006010
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9780857241771
T3 - Research on emotion in organizations
SP - 139
EP - 165
BT - Emotions and organizational dynamism
A2 - Zerbe, Wilfred J.
A2 - Härtel, Charmine E. J.
A2 - Ashkanasy, Neal M.
PB - Emerald Publishing Limited
CY - Bingley
ER -