Conflict at Work, Negative Emotions, and Performance: A Diary Study

Emotion dynamics, how people’s emotions fluctuate across time, represent a key source of information about people’s psychological functioning and well-being. Investigating emotion dynamics in the workplace is particularly relevant, as affective experiences are intimately connected to organizational behavior and effectiveness. In this study, we examined the moderating role of emotional inertia in the dynamic association between both positive and negative emotions and self-rated job performance among a sample of 120 Italian workers (average age 41.4, SD = 14), which were prompted six times per day, for five working days. Emotional inertia refers to the extent that emotional states are self-predictive or carry on over time and is measured in terms of the autocorrelation of emotional states across time. Although inertia has been linked to several indicators of maladjustment, little is known about its correlates in terms of organizational behavior. Findings revealed that workers reporting high levels of positive emotions and high inertia rated their performance lower than workers high in positive emotions, but low in inertia. In contrast, the relation between negative emotions and performance was not significant for either high levels of inertia or low levels of inertia. Taken together, these results suggest the relevance of investigating the temporal dependency of emotional states at work.

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Transformational and transactional leadership styles, followers' positive and negative emotions, and performance in German nonprofit orchestras

Nonprofit Management and Leadership ◽

10.1002/nml.240 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 41-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Jens Rowold ◽

Anette Rohmann

Keyword(s):

Leadership Styles ◽

Transactional Leadership ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Transformational And Transactional Leadership ◽

And Performance ◽

Positive And Negative Emotions

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The functionality of affects: conceptualising far-right populist politics beyond negative emotions

Global Discourse ◽

10.1332/204378919x15762350844101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 325-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Julia Leser ◽

Florian Spissinger

Keyword(s):

Political Party ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Far Right ◽

Alternative Für Deutschland ◽

Negative Affects ◽

The Us ◽

And Performance ◽

Emotional Dynamics

By focusing on negative affects, such as anger, fear and hate, a normative critique of affective politics tends to overlook the ambiguity and situated nature of affective politics. This paper suggests embracing the ambivalences that characterise the emotional dynamics in political arenas; therefore, it emphasises the functionality of affects. The study adopts a post-dualistic understanding of political affects based on the conceptual devices of Sara Ahmed and Kathleen Stewart to analyse the affective practices and performances of the German political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). An ethnographic lens and analytical focus on the affective politics of far-right agents beyond negativity can permit more subtle nuances and highlight potentially overlooked facets of enactment and performance that have contributed to the successes of far-right political organisations in Europe and the US. The paper ultimately argues that the use of ‘ordinary’ affects produces legitimacy, renders far-right politics appealing and contributes to the normalisation of far-right discourse.

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Adaptive Approaches to Competition: Challenge Appraisals and Positive Emotion

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsep.26.2.283 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 283-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Natalie Skinner ◽

Neil Brewer

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Model ◽

Positive Emotion ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Cognitive Appraisal ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Research And Practice ◽

And Performance ◽

Adaptive Consequences ◽

And Training ◽

Adaptive Approaches

The influence of negative emotions such as anxiety on athletes’ preparation and performance has been studied extensively. The focus of this review is on more adaptive approaches to competition such as the experience of positive emotion and beneficial perceptions of emotion. Evidence on the antecedents and adaptive consequences of positive emotions is reviewed, and implications for research and practice in a sport context are suggested. We focus on the cognitive appraisal of challenge as a significant antecedent of both positive emotion and beneficial perceptions of emotion. A theoretical model of beneficial and harmful perceptions of emotion is presented which incorporates appraisals of challenge, coping expectancies, and valence (positive vs. negative) of emotion. Research that supports the model is reviewed, and implications for research, coaching, and training in the sport context are suggested.

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Who's to blame? Narcissism and self‐serving attributions following feedback

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.497 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 465-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Tanja S. Stucke

Keyword(s):

Performance Feedback ◽

Task Difficulty ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Theoretical Assumption ◽

Opposite Pattern ◽

Mediation Analyses ◽

Failure Feedback ◽

Performance Attributions ◽

And Performance ◽

Attributional Processes

The study examined the relationship between narcissism, performance attributions, and negative emotions following success or failure. As expected, narcissistic individuals showed more self‐serving attributions for their performance in an intelligence test than less narcissistic individuals: compared with less narcissistic individuals, narcissists revealed a stronger tendency to attribute success to ability and failure to task difficulty. In contrast to this, less narcissistic participants tended to show the opposite pattern by ascribing failure, but not success, to their ability. Additionally, anger and depression could be predicted by an interaction of performance feedback and performance attributions. Mediation analyses revealed that the attribution dimensions ‘task difficulty’ and ‘ability’ mediated the effect of narcissism on anger and depression following failure feedback. The results provide support for the theoretical assumption that attributional processes might, at least to some extent, explain the often reported relation between narcissism and negative emotions following failure. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in the Contemporary U.S. Armed Forces: Structural Contributors and Potential Solutions

Armed Forces & Society ◽

10.1177/0095327x19848018 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 77-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth A. Stanley ◽

Kelsey L. Larsen

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Work Performance ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Service Members ◽

Operational Environment ◽

And Performance ◽

Recruitment And Selection ◽

Cultural Pressures ◽

The Military

The ability to regulate negative emotions is especially necessary for service members in the contemporary U.S. armed forces, since they routinely face situations that elicit negative emotions while executing their professional roles. Yet difficulties with regulating emotions, which are associated with stress and mood disorders, suicidality, and impairments in work performance, remain prevalent across this group. This article surveys research in five domains—recruitment and selection effects, military cultural pressures and coping strategies, training, common chronic stressors, and the contemporary operational environment—to highlight structural contributors to the heavy stress loads that U.S. service members often bear, which may contribute to their difficulty with emotion regulation (ER). It concludes with several recommendations that the military could implement to mitigate service members’ stress loads and facilitate ER. Enhancing their ER skills may offer a long-term strategy to improve their resilience and performance.

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