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Recognize organizational emotional fields as system-level
Recognize organizational emotional fields as system-level phenomena distinct from individual emotions, attributing persistent collective tones to structural rather than personal sources.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Shared mental models among group members determine what the (team interaction patterns), Most organizational outcomes are products of system design, (outcomes from system design), and The behavior of a system arises from its structure, not from (system behavior from structure). It prescribes reframing chronic collective emotions as structural properties rather than individual contributions. Critical for preventing misattribution.