MOOD INTERDEPENDENCE AND WORK GROUP BEHAVIOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RICHARD SAAVEDRA

ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

(AND FRIEND OF THE POWERFUL PROF. LEE)

 

MOOD AS A COLLECTIVE PROPERTY IN WORK GROUPS

 

 

MOOD "INFECTION" AS SHARED AFFECTIVE STATES

  • EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: COORDINATED BEHAVIOR IS MORE ADAPTIVE

    INTERACTIONAL SYNCHRONY: CONGRUENT THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS

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    MOODS AS AMBIENT STIMULI

  • WORK GROUP MOODS MAY PROMOTE CONGRUENCE IN MEMBER ATTENTION, EFFORT, AND PERSISTENCE...LEADING TO EFFECTIVE COORDINATION

     

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    MOOD CONVERGENCE IN WORK GROUPS

     

     

    MOOD COORDINATION

  • EMOTIONAL COMPARISON: LABELING AROUSED STATE; CUES FROM OTHERS

    EMOTIONAL CONTAGION: MIMIC OR ADJUST SPONTANEOUSLY; EMOTIONAL "TUNING FORK"; CUES FROM SELF AND OTHERS

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    BEHAVIORAL CUES AS MOOD INFORMATION

     

    n FACIAL

    n POSTURAL

    n VOCAL

     

    MOOD CONVERGENCE AND BEHAVIORAL INTERDEPENDENCE

     

     

  • BEHAVIORAL LINKAGES: PROMOTE GREATER ACCURACY IN DECODING MOOD INFORMATION
  • TASK INTERDEPENDENCE: INTERCONNECTIONS AMONG TASKS OF GROUP MEMBERS

    SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE: QUALITY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AMONG GROUP MEMBERS

    MEMBERSHIP STABILITY: CONTINUITY OF GROUP MEMBERSHIP

    GROUP NORMS: REGULARIZE AND REGULATE MOOD EXPRESSION

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    • METHOD

     

    CIRCUMPLEX MODEL OF MOOD

  • OBSERVER’S INSTRUMENT: DEVELOPED BY STUDENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY LAB (PSY 361)

    SELF-REPORT MEASURES: COLLECTED ON SAMPLE OF 70 WORK TEAMS

     

     

     

     

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    RESULTS

    MOOD CONVERGENCE ACROSS ALL OCTANTS IN CIRCUMPLEX

  • OBSERVER TEAMS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED MOODS WHICH CHARACTERIZED MOOD EXPERIENCES
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    ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS:

    HIGH ACTIVATION

    ACTIVATED PLEASANT

    UNPLEASANT

    ACTIVATED UNPLEASANT

    OVERESTIMATED MOOD PRESENCE:

    PLEASANT

    UNACTIVATED PLEASANT

    LOW ACTIVATION

    UNACTIVATED UNPLEASANT