Emotion, learning and organizational change - Towards an integration of psychoanalytic and other perspectives

Develops an understanding of the complex interface between emotion and lear ning and highlights the special contribution of psychoanalytic insights in understanding individuals' reactions to organizational changes. Explores th e extent to which emotions are products of learning, the ways in which emot ions facilitate or inhibit learning, and the ways in which learning redefin es and re-organizes emotions at both an individual and an organizational Le vel The analysis shows the interdependence between emotion and learning and highlights many of the subtleties of individuals' reactions to change that current research into individuals' adaptability to organizational change t ends to neglect. Reviews some of the implications of the psychodynamic expl ication of emotion and learning to our understanding of individuals' reacti ons to organizational change.