A Theoretical Examination of Mixed Group Mood: The Construct and its Performance Consequences
Individual Sources, Dynamics, and Expressions of Emotion
ISBN: 978-1-78190-888-4, eISBN: 978-1-78190-889-1
Publication date: 1 September 2014
Abstract
We offer a new perspective on group affective diversity by introducing the construct of mixed group mood, denoting co-occurring positive and negative mood states between different members of a group. Mixed group mood is characterized by four facets, namely members’ distribution between two positive and negative subgroups, subgroups’ average mood intensity, subgroups’ mood intensity heterogeneity, and individual members’ mood ambivalence. Building on information/decision-making and social categorization/similarity–attraction perspectives, we explore the performance consequences of mixed group mood along these four facets and we discuss implications and directions for future research.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Quy Huy, Jennifer Overbeck, Anneloes Raes, Floor Rink, and Gerben van der Vegt for their comments on earlier versions of this chapter.
Citation
Walter, F., Vogel, B. and Menges, J.I. (2014), "A Theoretical Examination of Mixed Group Mood: The Construct and its Performance Consequences", Individual Sources, Dynamics, and Expressions of Emotion (Research on Emotion in Organizations, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 119-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1746-9791(2013)0000009010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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