Personality, affect, and behavior in groups
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Building from an attraction-selection-attrition framework (Schneider, 1987) and the socialization literature, this study views personality, affect, and behavior as group-level phenomena
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Positive group affect in sales teams was associated with lower absenteeism.
“For instance, George (1990) showed that positive group affect in sales teams was associated with lower absenteeism.”
From The Groupfeel syndrome: a theory of a counterproductive group emotion (2026) · cites this paper as George, 1990
Positive group emotions enhance group performance, increase coordination, and improve interpersonal dynamics.
“Consistent with the positive psychology movement, this line of research has emphasized that positive (pleasant) group emotions enhance group performance, increase coordination, and improve interpersonal dynamics (George, 1990; Hackman, 1991; Williams and Sternberg, 1988).”
From The Groupfeel syndrome: a theory of a counterproductive group emotion (2026) · cites this paper as George, 1990
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“For instance, George (1990) showed that positive group affect in sales teams was associated with lower absenteeism.”
- Authors
- George, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Corresponding author
- George, Jennifer M.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 1990-04
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 107-116
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2059847013
- Cited by
- 1,372
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 55 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 50 · 2016: 60 · 2015: 64 · 2014: 52 · 2013: 58 · 2012: 61
- FWCI
- 16.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- personality, affect, group behavior, socialization, group dynamics
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