liminary research suggests that
individuals within a work group commonly share consistent feelings toward
the work environment or homogeneous affective reactions (George 1990, 1995)
The arisal of a "group affective tone" can be influenced by characteristic
and personality traits within groups. Thus affectively managing the work
group can be an effective way of managing organizational stresses. Work
group members tend to share moods and emotions because:
1. common socialization experiences and common social influences (Hackman
2. similarity of tasks and high task interdependence (see Gallupe et al.
4. mood regulation norms and rules (Brief and Weiss, 2002)
Physical Settings: Wasserman et al. (2000), drawing on both
qualitative and quantitative data and demonstrated links between the
aesthetics of physical cues or symbols in the workplace setting and the
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