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Le courage managérial: Entre morale et émotions

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  • Michelle Harbour

    (Université du Québec (Outaouais))

  • Veronika Kisfalvi

    (HEC Montréal)

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Ce document de travail pour objectif de montrer comment le gestionnaire engagé dans une décision courageuse régule ses émotions. À partir d’une recherche empirique réalisée auprès de gestionnaires ayant réalisé des projets de fusion d’entreprises, nous avons réalisé une validation exploratoire d’un cadre conceptuel développé à partir des écrits scientifiques sur les émotions. Notre recherche exploratoire a résulté en deux contributions. D’abord, le cadre conceptuel que nous avons utilisé nous a permis d’avoir une lecture novatrice du courage managérial en mettant en relief l’importance des stratégies de régulation des émotions sur soi en réponse à une situation risquée ou difficile qui requiert du courage managérial. À cet égard, le gestionnaire doit gérer une grande variété d’émotions positives et interreliées où une émotion positive peut aider à réguler une émotions négative. La seconde contribution de notre étude est de montrer les caractéristiques éthiques des gestionnaires contrairement à ce qui est fait dans les recherches actuelles où le focus est mis sur les comportements non éthiques. This working paper presents how a manager engaged in a courageous decision regulates his or her emotions. Through an empirical study conducted with top managers who have led merger projects, we carried out an exploratory validation of a conceptual framework developed from the literature on emotions. This exploratory validation has resulted in two major contributions. First, in a context requiring a high degree of courage, managers seem to mainly use emotion regulation strategies directed at the self. In this regard, the manager must deal with a great variety of interconnected positive and negative emotions where a positive emotion could help to regulate a negative one. Second, our study reveals managers' positive ethical characteristics, as opposed to much of the existing research which tends to focus on their unethical behaviours.

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  • Michelle Harbour & Veronika Kisfalvi, 2014. "Le courage managérial: Entre morale et émotions," RePAd Working Paper Series UQO-DSA-wp022014, Département des sciences administratives, UQO.
  • Handle: RePEc:pqs:wpaper:022014
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    Keywords

    Managerial courage; emotions; emotion regulation strategies; merger projects.;
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    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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