Provides one of the first broad examinations of emotions in organization theory and outlines suggestions for future research.

1. Introduction ¿ emotions in organization theory; 2. Theories featuring substantial work on emotions ¿ institutional theory, social movement theory, identity, and organizational culture, power and control; 3. Theories featuring more limited work on emotions ¿ densemaking, practice theory, network theory and entrepreneurship; 4. Theories where consideration of emotions is nearly absent ¿ organizational economics, economic sociology and embeddedness, organizational ecology, categories and resource dependence theory; 5. Conclusions.