Emotions careers: The interplay between careers and emotions in professional organisations
基于对50名律师和人力资源专业人士的访谈，提出情感职业生涯概念，包含四个阶段，揭示职业实践如何通过情感调节专业人士的职业抱负和行为，并建议HR和组织领导者关注职业中的情感动态。
Abstract Despite recognising the importance of emotions for careers, researchers rarely explore how career‐related practices invoke emotions and the implications for professionals’ career aspirations and behaviours. Drawing on 50 interviews with lawyers on the partner track and human resource (HR) professionals, we develop the concept of an emotions career . The emotions career consists of four stages, each characterised by different primary emotions and socio‐emotional dynamics. We find that career practices and social interactions elicit emotions that regulate professionals’ career aspirations and trajectories. Thus, professionals become emotionally invested in their careers, which in turn contributes to the maintenance of existing career systems. To better support professionals, we suggest that HR practitioners develop greater awareness of the emotional dynamics associated with careers and engage in career conversations, while organisational leaders should, collectively, consider ways to challenge negative perceptions of alternative career paths, generating more diverse thinking about careers.