The Emotion of Interest at Work

Cynthia D Fisher

doi:10.1017/9781108573887.030

The Emotion of Interest at Work

Cynthia D Fisher

Bond Business School

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This chapter is about the emotion of interest as it may be experienced in the workplace. Interest has been described as “positive, focused, directed arousal, which prompts approach and engagement with the task” (Ainley, 2007, p. 153). Izard (1991, p. 100) describes the subjective experience of interest as “the feeling of being engaged, caught up, fascinated, or curious … wanting to investigate, become involved, or expand the self by incorporating new information and having new experiences with the person or object that has stimulated the interest. In intense interest or excitement, the person feels animated and enlivened.”

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect
Editors	Liu-Qin Yang, Russell Cropanzano, Catherine S. Daus, Vicente Martínez-Tur
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	29
Pages	389-401
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108573887
ISBN (Print)	9781108494038
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108573887.030
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2020

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