Group affect: Its influence on individual and group outcomes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
We review and synthesize the research literature examining group affect and its consequences, focusing on groups who interact together to accomplish a task. We use a definition of group affect that incorporates the mutual influence of a group’s affective context and affective composition (the amalgamation of group members’ state and trait affect). Our focus is on the influence of group affect on individual members’ behaviors and attitudes and on group-level outcomes. We call for more research in this area, including the study of more specific discrete group emotions and a broadening of the types of groups studied in this research area.
Publication Title
Current Directions in Psychological Science
Repository Citation
Barsade, Sigal G. and Gibson, Donald, "Group affect: Its influence on individual and group outcomes" (2012). Business Faculty Publications. 187.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/business-facultypubs/187
Published Citation
Barsade, Sigal G., and Donald E. Gibson. "Group affect: Its influence on individual and group outcomes." Current Directions in Psychological Science 21, no. 2 (2012): 119-123. doi: 10.1177/0963721412438352
DOI
10.1177/0963721412438352
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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