Implications for Managers

  • Recognize that emotions are a natural part of the workplace and good management does not mean creating an emotion-free environment.

  • To foster effective decision making, creativity, and motivation in employees, model positive emotions and moods as much as is authentically possible.

  • Provide positive feedback to increase the positivity of employees. Of course, it also helps to hire people who are predisposed to positive moods.

  • In the service sector, encourage positive displays of emotion, which make customers feel more positive and thus improve customer service interactions and negotiations.

  • Understand the role of emotions and moods to significantly improve your ability to explain and predict your coworkers’ and others’ behavior.

Try It!

If your professor has assigned this, go to the Assignments section of mymanagementlab.com to complete the Simulation: Emotions & Moods.

Personal Inventory Assessments

Emotional Intelligence Assessment

Have you always been able to “read” others well? Do people say you seem to have “the right thing to say” for every occasion? Complete this PIA to determine your emotional intelligence (EI).

  1. 4-1. Do you think it is possible to reliably construct good emotions and moods in people? Why or why not?

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