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Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress. Emotions Defined. Psychological, behavioral, and physiological episodes experienced toward an object, person, or event that create a state of readiness. Most emotions occur without our awareness Two features of all emotions:

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Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

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  1. Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, andStress

  2. Emotions Defined • Psychological, behavioral, and physiological episodes experienced toward an object, person, or event that create a state of readiness. • Most emotions occur without our awareness • Two features of all emotions: • All have some degree of activation • All have core affect –evaluate that something is good/bad

  3. Traditional Model of Attitudes • Purely cognitive approach • Beliefs: established perceptions of attitude object • Feelings: calculation of good or bad based on beliefs about the attitude object • Behavioral intentions: calculated motivation to act in response to the attitude object • Problem: Ignores important role of emotions in shaping attitudes

  4. Cognitive process Emotional process Beliefs Emotional Episodes Feelings Attitude Behavioral Intentions Attitudes: From Beliefs to Behavior Perceived Environment Behavior

  5. Cognitive Dissonance • A state of anxiety that occurs when an individual’s beliefs, feelings and behaviors are inconsistent with one another • Most common when behavior is: • Observed by others • Done voluntarily • Can’t be undone

  6. Emotional Labor Defined Effort, planning and control needed to express organizationally desired emotions during interpersonal transactions. Higher in job requiring: • Frequent/lengthy emotion display • Variety of emotions display • Intense emotions display

  7. Model of Emotional Intelligence Relationship Management Managing other people’s emotions Highest Social Awareness Perceiving and understanding the meaning of others’ emotions Self-management Managing our own emotions Self-awareness perceiving and understanding the meaning of your own emotions Lowest

  8. EVLN: Responses to Dissatisfaction Exit • Leaving the situation • Quitting, transferring Voice • Changing the situation • Problem solving, complaining Loyalty • Patiently waiting for the situation to improve Neglect • Reducing work effort/quality • Increasing absenteeism

  9. Job Satisfaction and Performance Happy workers are somewhat more productive workers, but: • General attitude is a poor predictor of specific behaviors • Reverse explanation: Job performance affects satisfaction, but only when rewarded • Job satisfaction leads to higher performance for those in complex jobs (more control over output)

  10. Job Satisfaction and Customers Job satisfaction increases customer satisfaction and profitability because: • Job satisfaction affects mood, leading to positive behaviors toward customers • Job satisfaction reduces employee turnover, resulting in more consistent and familiar service

  11. Building (Affective) commitment Justice/ Support • Apply humanitarian values • Support employee wellbeing Shared Values • Values congruence Trust • Employees trust org leaders • Job security supports trust OrganizationalComprehension • Know firm’s past/present/future • Open and rapid communication Employee Involvement • Employees feel part of company • Involvement demonstrates trust

  12. What is Stress? • Adaptive response to situations perceived as challenging or threatening to well-being • Prepares us to adapt to hostile or noxious environmental conditions • Eustress vs. distress

  13. What are Stressors? • Stressors are the causes of stress -- any environmental condition that places a physical or emotional demand on the person. • Some common workplace stressors include: • Harassment an incivility • Work overload • Low task control

  14. Managing Work-Related Stress • Remove the stressor • Minimize/remove stressors • Work/life balance initiatives • Withdraw from the stressor • Vacation, rest breaks • Change stress perceptions • Positive self-concept, humor • Control stress consequences • Healthy lifestyle, fitness, wellness • Receive social support

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