Irritability in work relationships.

Irritability is a word that is not commonly found in management textbooks. However, it is a phenomenon that the manager may frequently encounter and should be understood if correct intervention is to occur. This paper explores the phenomenon of irritability as it relates to emotions, behavior, and physiology, in order to provide information for the manager to use in recognizing, understanding, and detecting irritability in one's self, peers, boss, or employees.