ABSTRACT
Moods and emotions are central components of how workers experience their jobs and organizations (George & Jones, 1996, 1997) and can have profound effects on thought processes, decision making, and behavior in organizations (Barsade & Gibson, 2007; Brief & Weiss, 2002; Elfenbein, 2008; George, 1996, 2011). Thus, it is not surprising that both moods and emotions have received extensive attention from researchers as has the link between personality and affect. In this chapter, I discuss the distinction between moods and emotions and highlight research on these important constructs. I then turn to a discussion of the relation between personality and affect. More specifically, I discuss three complementary perspectives on the links between personality and affect: the temperament perspective, the instrumental perspective, and the emotion regulation perspective. Finally, I discuss the construct of emotional intelligence.
