Organizations that focus upon the development of positive emotions, from the individual to the organizational culture level, improve employee well-being, engagement and attitudes, as well as experience performance payoffs by reducing employee withdrawal, burnout, absenteeism, and risky out-of-work behavior (Barsade & Gibson, 2007; Barsade & O’Neil, 2014; O’Neill & Rothbard, 2017; Tsui, 2010; 2013; Rynes et al 2012; Van Looy, 2010). Yet there are various organizational countervailing forces, such as financial pressures, geographic distance, performance pressures, and the belief that anger leads to better performance, that can prevent employees from experiencing positive emotions and enhancing them in others. In this symposia, we examine the influence of the tensions between these countervailing forces and the building of positive affect from the individual-level to the organizational level of cultures of companionate love. We also seek to provide solutions, such as “micro- moments” and gratitude, through which organizational members at all levels of the organization can help promote positive emotions and gain their associated benefits. I Care for Others, But not at Work: Managerial Concern for Others Well-Being Presenter: Joyce Bono; U. of Florida Presenter: Thomas Bussen; U. of Florida Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Semiconductor Culture and its Influence on Work Relationships Presenter: Olivia Amanda O'Neill; George Mason U. Tough Love Doesn’t Win: Effects of Culture of Anger & Companionate Love on Sports Team Performance Presenter: Constantinos V. Coutifaris; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Jacob Levitt; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Sigal Barsade; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Relational Investments: Daily Positive Supervisor Interactions Buffer Employees Against Setbacks Presenter: Jochen I. Menges; U. of Zurich Presenter: Lauren Christine Howe; U. of Zurich Presenter: Leander De Schutter; Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus U. Presenter: Sarah Kern; FOM U. of the Applied Sciences Culture of Companionate Love and State Gratitude: An EASI Perspective Presenter: Michael Lance Frazier; Creighton U. Presenter: Regina Michelle Taylor; Creighton U. Presenter: James Burnley; Creighton U.