People feel what others feel because we physically react following their reactions (Parkinson & Simons, 2009). People do not live on emotional islands (Barsade, 2002). We can even catch someone's bad day bug or have a better mood after seeing someone smile (Crow, 2015). Moreover, we are "walking mood inductors" that are continuously influencing the moods and the judgments and behaviors of others (Barsade, 2002). These mood transfers can be intentional through the mechanism of empathy, where an individual takes on the other person's perspective purposefully (Vijayalakshmi & Bhattacharyya, 2011). Whereas mood is distinguished from emotion as it is usually longer lasting and lower in intensity and defined as generalized states of feelings with
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Susceptibility to emotional contagion is the degree to which a person is vulnerable to catch and share emotion experienced by another (Siebert, Siebert & Taylor-McLaughlin, 2007). Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson (1994) stated that according to emotional contagion theory, there are individual differences in the susceptibility to emotional contagion. Susceptible individuals are more likely to catch others' emotions. Such susceptibility encompasses one's likelihood to catch five basic emotions: happiness, love, fear, anger, and sadness (Johnson, 2008). Powerful senders or transmitters can infect others more powerfully with their emotions, and powerful catchers or receivers of emotions are more likely to be affected by these emotions (Hall, Rosip, Smith LeBeau, Horgan, & Carter, …show more content…
Such as between lovers, teachers, and students, between parents and children, between doctor and client, between negotiators and understanding of group behaviors (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1994). It is essential to study contagious emotion in social interactions (Stel, Van Baaren & Vonk, 2008). Through its direct and indirect influence on emotions, judgments, and behaviors can lead to subtle but essential ripple effects in organization, individual, and groups (Barsade, 2002) by mimicking others expression and conveying it emotionally. However, limited studies are addressing emotional contagion, and the researchers need to examine it further. For example, the role of the personal relationship between two individuals that affect the result of emotional contagion as stated in the emotional contagion theory. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the level of susceptibility to emotional contagion concerning mood as moderated by interpersonal relationship.
Another study by Barsade (2002) resulted to followers whose confederates show pleasant emotion feel more pleasant emotion, while followers whose confederates show unpleasant emotion also tend to have an unpleasant emotion. Wherein, the confederate of the study is a complete stranger. Just like in mimicry, as operationalized by congruent emotional displays, are
Susceptibility to emotional contagion is the degree to which a person is vulnerable to catch and share emotion experienced by another (Siebert, Siebert & Taylor-McLaughlin, 2007). Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson (1994) stated that according to emotional contagion theory, there are individual differences in the susceptibility to emotional contagion. Susceptible individuals are more likely to catch others' emotions. Such susceptibility encompasses one's likelihood to catch five basic emotions: happiness, love, fear, anger, and sadness (Johnson, 2008). Powerful senders or transmitters can infect others more powerfully with their emotions, and powerful catchers or receivers of emotions are more likely to be affected by these emotions (Hall, Rosip, Smith LeBeau, Horgan, & Carter, …show more content…
Such as between lovers, teachers, and students, between parents and children, between doctor and client, between negotiators and understanding of group behaviors (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1994). It is essential to study contagious emotion in social interactions (Stel, Van Baaren & Vonk, 2008). Through its direct and indirect influence on emotions, judgments, and behaviors can lead to subtle but essential ripple effects in organization, individual, and groups (Barsade, 2002) by mimicking others expression and conveying it emotionally. However, limited studies are addressing emotional contagion, and the researchers need to examine it further. For example, the role of the personal relationship between two individuals that affect the result of emotional contagion as stated in the emotional contagion theory. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the level of susceptibility to emotional contagion concerning mood as moderated by interpersonal relationship.
Another study by Barsade (2002) resulted to followers whose confederates show pleasant emotion feel more pleasant emotion, while followers whose confederates show unpleasant emotion also tend to have an unpleasant emotion. Wherein, the confederate of the study is a complete stranger. Just like in mimicry, as operationalized by congruent emotional displays, are