Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 14/e

Long description

The exhibit shows Affect on top along with its definition. Affect points to various emotions and moods which are listed separately below, and which in turn point to each other.

The definition of Affect, along with the various items listed under emotions and moods, are as follows:

Affect:

Defined as a broad range of feelings that people experience. Affect can be experienced in the form of emotions or moods.

Emotions:

• Caused by specific event

• Very brief in duration (seconds or minutes)

• Specific and numerous in nature (many specific emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, happiness, disgust, surprise)

• Usually accompanied by distinct facial expressions

• Action oriented in nature

Moods:

• Cause is often general and unclear

• Last longer than ...