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Searing Sentiment Or Cold Calculation? The Effects Of Leader Emotional Displays On Team Performance Depend On Follower Epistemic Motivation

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We examined how leader emotional displays affect team performance. We developed and tested the idea that effects of leader displays of anger versus happiness depend on followers' epistemic motivation, which is the desire to develop a thorough understanding of a situation. Experimental data on fourperson teams engaged in an interdependent team task showed that teams with higher epistemic motivation performed better when their leaders displayed anger (mediated by team members' performance inferences), whereas teams with lower epistemic motivation performed better when the leaders expressed happiness (mediated by team members' affective reactions). Theoretical contributions and managerial ramifications are discussed.

Source: Academy of Management Journal

DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.41331253

Authors: Gerben A. Van Kleef, Astrid C. Homan, Bianca Beersma, Daan Van Knippenberg, Barbara Van Knippenberg, Frederic Damen

Institutions: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Language: English

Topic: Team Dynamics and Performance

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

OpenAlex ID: W2180269329

FWCI: 16.77

Cites: 78

Cited by: 371

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