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Power and Emotional Contagion: The Role of Attention, Relational Identification, and Trust

Tarr, Emily K
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469021976

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Labor and Human Resources.
This dissertation examines how attention plays a role in power relationships and individuals’ susceptibility to emotional contagion. By integrating separate literatures on the power—attention relationship and the attention—emotional contagion relationship, I hypothesize and test that the relationship between power and emotional contagion is mediated by attention. Moreover, I examine variables that may affect how power relates to attention: relational identification and trust based on different factors, but propose that these variables work differently for high- and low-powered people. These moderators may further explain the relationship between power and emotional contagion, suggesting a moderated mediation model. This model is tested using two samples, one composed of working professionals and the other of students in a laboratory setting. Results support the mediation hypothesis, but only with negative emotions. Moderation relationships were supported for high-power individuals, but not for low-power individuals.
Steffanie Wilk (Advisor)
Robert Lount, Jr. (Committee Member)
Bennett Tepper (Committee Member)
104 p.
Management; Organizational Behavior
Emotional contagion, Power, Attention

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  • Tarr, E. K. (2016). Power and Emotional Contagion: The Role of Attention, Relational Identification, and Trust [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469021976

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tarr, Emily. Power and Emotional Contagion: The Role of Attention, Relational Identification, and Trust. 2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469021976.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tarr, Emily. "Power and Emotional Contagion: The Role of Attention, Relational Identification, and Trust." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1469021976

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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