Based on the findings from a three-year field study of a large firm undergoing strategic change, I build theory by describing how recipient employees emotionally responded to executives' actions. Emotional filtering is defined as change recipients' emotionally charged interpretations of agents'...

This article introduces emotional aperture, defined as the ability to recognize patterns of specific collective emotions. We show how emotional aperture can help leaders recognize and deal with diverse collective emotions that arise during strategic renewal and other emotionally turbulent...