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The review article in this short book examines the nature, causes and consequences of affect at work. It focuses on two major categories of affect: moods and discrete emotions. The review is aimed at readers with an interest in affect and well-being at work, including researchers, practitioners, lecturers, and students of organizational and occupational psychology. Topics covered include: the nature of momentary affect; why it is important to study fluctuations in affect; major theories and methods that facilitate research on affect in the workplace; empirical evidence concerning the characteristics of the worker and work environment that cause mood; the consequences of mood for workers; the causes and consequences of discrete emotions at work (e.g., anger and envy); and future research challenges.

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Peter Totterdell is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Sheffield University, UK, and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Much of his research focuses on studying emotion in applied settings. He has published over 70 journal papers, as well as books and book chapters. Peter led the UK ESRC-funded large grant 'Emotion Regulation of Others and Self' (2008-2013). For more details see http: //www.erosresearch.org Karen Niven is a Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at Manchester Business School, Manchester University, UK. Her research focuses on the ways that people try to control their own and particularly others' emotions. She is interested in what drives these attempts to control emotion and what consequences these attempts have for people's lives. Karen has conducted studies in various social settings, including workplaces, romantic relationships, peer groups, and prisons, to explore these issues.

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