As this chapter has shown, emotions are an inevitable part of people's at work. At the same time, it's not clear that we've people feel comfortable reached a point where expressing all emotions at work. The might be that business culture and etiquette poorly suited to handling overt emotional displays. The question is: Can organizations become more intelligent about emotional management? Is it ever appropriate to yell, laugh, or cry at work virtues of more Some people are skeptical about the emotional displays at the workplace. As the chapter notes emotions are automatic physiological responses to the environment, and as such, they can be difficult to control appropriately. One 22-year-old customer service representative named Laura who was the subject of a case study noted that fear and anger were routinely used as methods to employees deeply resented this control employees, and them. In another case, the use of emotions manipulate network made a practice of hairman of a major television anything went wrong, screaming at employees whenever a lack to badly hurt feelings and at this organization were organization. Like Laura, workers to show their true reactions to these emotional outbursts branded as"weak" or"ineffectual" It might seem like these individuals worked in heavily emotional workplaces, but in fact, only a narrow range of emotions was deemed acceptable. Anger appears to be more acceptable than sadness in many organizations, and anger can have serious maladaptive consequences. Many people find their negative reaction to hearing an angry outburst lasts, making it difficult for them to concentrate at work, while those who yell can seem to indicate a lack emotional intelligence Others believe organizations that recognize and work with emotions effectively are more creative, satisfying, and productive. For example, Laura noted that if she could press her hurt feelings without fear, she would be much more satisfied with her work. In other words, the problem with Laura's organization was not that emotions were displayed, but that emotional displays were handled poorly Others note that the use of emotional knowledge- like being able to read and understand the reactions of others is crucial for workers ranging from salespeople and customer service agents all the way to managers and executives. One survey even found that 88 percent of work ers feel being sensitive to the emotions of others is an asset. Management consultant Erika Anderson notes, "Crying at work is transformative and can open the door to change". The question then is, Can organizations take specific steps to become better at allowing emotional displays without opening a Pandora's Box of outbursts?