Research uncovering the behavioural and cognitive foundations of capability development has gained traction in recent years. However, the emotional foundations of capability development have not been adequately addressed. This is an important gap; if emotions impact decisions and actions of key organisational actors, this suggests an influence on capability development processes in organisations, with implications for their survival and evolution. In this paper, we therefore explore ‘how do the emotions of key strategists enable and/or hinder capability development?’ Our in-depth qualitative research, based on five small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), shows that emotions of key strategists, including emotional tensions and ambivalence, have multi-faceted effects on capability development depending on the activation level of pleasant and unpleasant emotions experienced. This adds to extant understanding of idiosyncratic foundations of capability development and extends conversations regarding the internal dynamics behind organisational survival and evolution.

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能力发展的情感基础：中小企业背景下的探索

近年来，揭示能力发展的行为和认知基础的研究获得了关注。然而，能力发展的情感基础尚未得到充分解决。这是一个重要的差距；如果情绪影响关键组织参与者的决策和行动，这表明对组织能力发展过程的影响，对他们的生存和发展产生影响。因此，在本文中，我们探讨了“关键战略家的情绪如何促进和/或阻碍能力发展？” 我们基于五家中小企业 (SME) 的深入定性研究表明，关键战略家的情绪，包括情绪紧张和矛盾心理，根据所经历的愉快和不愉快情绪的激活程度，对能力发展有多方面的影响。这增加了对能力发展的特殊基础的现有理解，并扩展了有关组织生存和发展背后的内部动态的对话。