Kars-Unluoglu, S and Kevill, A orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-5610 (2021) Emotional Foundations of Capability Development: An Exploration in an SME context. Journal of Management and Organization. ISSN 1833-3672
Abstract
Research uncovering the behavioural and cognitive foundations of capability development has gained traction in recent years. However, the emotional foundations of capability development have not been adequately addressed. This is an important gap; if emotions impact decisions and actions of key organisational actors, this suggests an influence on capability development processes in organisations, with implications for their survival and evolution. In this paper, we therefore explore ‘how do the emotions of key strategists enable and/or hinder capability development?’ Our in-depth qualitative research, based on five small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), shows that emotions of key strategists, including emotional tensions and ambivalence, have multi-faceted effects on capability development depending on the activation level of pleasant and unpleasant emotions experienced. This adds to extant understanding of idiosyncratic foundations of capability development and extends conversations regarding the internal dynamics behind organisational survival and evolution.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2021. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Capabilities and capability development; dynamic capability view; emotions and mood; qualitative methods |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2020 09:46 |
Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2021 17:44 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/jmo.2020.38 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168330 |
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