Based on a four-year field study of six new ventures, we investigate whether and how founders of new firms engaged in affective sensegiving with diverse stakeholders; namely investors, board members, customers and employees. Affective sensegiving refers to founders' integrating affect in their...

Based on a five-year field study of six new ventures, we investigate whether and how organization founders use affective influence, a form of emotion management, with diverse stakeholders, specifically investors, board members, customers and employees. We observed wide differences in founders'...