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dc.contributor.authorBlomfield, Jessica M
dc.contributor.authorTroth, Ashlea C
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Peter J
dc.contributor.editorAshkanasy, NM
dc.contributor.editorHartel, CEJ
dc.contributor.editorZerbe, WJ
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T00:43:22Z
dc.date.available2020-12-08T00:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78560-998-5
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/S1746-979120160000012007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400051
dc.description.abstractPurpose - Sustainability is an emotional issue. It is also an issue that is gaining prominence in organizational agendas. In this chapter, we outline a model to explain how employees perceive change agents working to implement sustainability initiatives in organizations. Using this model, we argue that organizational support for sustainability can influence how employees respond to sustainability messages. We further argue that the intensity of emotions that change agents display, and how appropriate those emotions are within the organizational context, will influence how employees perceive those individuals and the success of their efforts to influence green outcomes. Research implications - We extend the Dual Threshold Model of emotions (DTM: Geddes & Callister, 2007) to assess the impact of displays of emotional intensity on achieving sustainability goals. Our model links emotional propriety to change agent success. By exploring variations of the DTM in terms of contextual factors and emotional intensity, our model elaborates on the dynamic nature of emotional thresholds. Practical implications - Using our framework, change agents may be able to improve their influence by matching the emotional intensity of their messages to the relevant display rules for that organization. That is, change agents who are perceived to express emotion within the thresholds of propriety can enhance their success in implementing green outcomes. Originality/value - This chapter examines sustainability initiatives at the interpersonal behavior level. We combine aspects of organizational behavior, emotion in organizations, and organizations and the natural environment to create a new model for understanding change agent success in corporate sustainability.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleResearch on Emotion in Organizations
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom191
dc.relation.ispartofpageto216
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology, Applied
dc.subject.keywordsManagement
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsBusiness & Economics
dc.titleEmotional Thresholds and Change Agent Success in Corporate Sustainability
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB2 - Chapters (Other)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBlomfield, JM; Troth, AC; Jordan, PJ, Emotional Thresholds and Change Agent Success in Corporate Sustainability, Research on Emotion in Organizations, 2016, 12, pp. 191-216
dc.date.updated2020-12-08T00:40:21Z
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gro.griffith.authorTroth, Ashlea C.
gro.griffith.authorJordan, Peter J.


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