Themed article: Doing research on emotion and virtual work: A compass to assist orientation

The aim of this article is to offer a structuring device for research on emotion and virtual work. I refer to this structuring device as a compass. It embraces the different perspectives organizational researchers may adopt to address emotion and virtuality and illustrates the questions and findings that arise out of these perspectives. As such, the compass is a guide to the possibilities and limits of research on emotion, virtual work, and their interplay, and a tool for developing and combining research questions from multiple perspectives.

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