Emotions at Work
Theory, Research and Applications for Management
Chapter One
Varieties and functions of
human emotion
Robb O. Stanley and Graham D. Burrows
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin
and Repatriation Medical Centre, Australia
THE NATURE OF EMOTION
The concept of emotion is central to all aspects of human experience and yet the
concept is quixotic when it comes to defining what emotion is precisely. Many
aspects of emotion are described differently depending on the context. Like other
aspects of human experience there are often common-sense understandings and
theoretical definitions that do not precisely match, and yet without precision
research into the nature of normal and abnormal emotional reactions is
compromised.
When considering the nature of emotions, the components of subjective
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