The study of emotions in organizational settings has attained considerable prominence in recent years, but 1 critical issue remains unresolved. This is the relationship between emotion and performance. In this special issue, 5 articles address this topic from a variety of viewpoints. Two are theoretical essays that deal, respectively, with emotion and creativity and the relationships between individual and team performance. Three are empirical studies that canvass the emotion-performance nexus across levels of analysis: within person, between persons, and in groups. Between them, the 5 articles present a strong case for the nexus of emotions and performance, but, more important, they provide a platform for potentially fruitful future research in this burgeoning area.
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Neal M. Ashkanasy (2004) studied this question.