{
  "title": "Emotion and risk: how mood can shape a decision",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/emotions-et-risque-ce-que-l-humeur-change-a-la-decision-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-18",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Fear and anger are both negative emotions, but they do not necessarily steer decisions in the same direction. The literature encourages us to examine their source rather than claim we can eliminate them.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Decision-making",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Jennifer S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "An emotion can move between decisions",
      "point": "Jennifer S."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that decisions should be made without emotion, or that every decision following a difficult episode should be postponed."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence does not allow us to prescribe",
      "point": "These findings provide neither a universal waiting period for restoring reliable judgement nor a validated protocol for executive committees."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "Within SHR's “[Decision-making](/formation/prise-de-decision/zurich)” programme, one possible exercise for financial services, insurance, tech and the European headquarters of international groups in Zurich is to document a series of comparable decisions."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Keltner",
      "year": "2001",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Loewenstein",
      "year": "2004",
      "source": "Psychological Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 416,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-06-18-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/prise-de-decision/zurich",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/zurich",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}