The contagious leader: Impact of the leader's mood on the mood of group members, group affective tone, and group processes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Sy, T; Côté, S; Saavedra, R
• 署名单位: California State University System; California State University Long Beach; University of Toronto; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.90.2.295
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 295-305

摘要

The present study examined the effects of leaders' mood on (a) the mood of individual group members, (b) the affective tone of groups, and (c) 3 group processes: coordination, effort expenditure, and task strategy. On the basis of a mood contagion model, the authors found that when leaders were in a positive mood, in comparison to a negative mood, (a) individual group members experienced more positive and less negative mood, and (b) groups had a more positive and a less negative affective tone. The authors also found that groups with leaders in a positive mood exhibited more coordination and expended less effort than did groups with leaders in a negative mood. Applied implications of the results are discussed.