[2] The emotional climate can also be defined as a relatively enduring set of characteristics (or attributes) of a particular social environment that is experienced by the group members and that influences their behavior.
[4] Emotional climates affect individual motivation, levels of satisfaction, attitudes, expectations, and behavior in a given context (e.g., a firm, or a classroom).
According to Joseph De Rivera and Dario Páez[5] emotional climates can either arise in reaction to specific collective experiences (e.g., a natural disaster) or be constructed through people's ordinary behavior and everyday interactions.
Bernard Rimé[6] argues that intense emotions, such as joy, anger, sadness, and shame, are commonly shared among individuals.
Emotions at work for example affect performance, motivation, social interactions, decision-making, turnover intentions, negotiation and conflict resolution, group dynamics, and effective leadership.