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Discussant CommentsDiscussant Comments
Timothy A. Judge
(Kindly delivered by Reeshad Dalal)
27 April 2007
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Work and Home BoundariesWork and Home Boundaries
Boundary between work and home become more permeable Dual career couples predominate and gender roles
becoming more egalitarian Increasing professionalism of labor force (no
“punch in, punch out” time) Technological changes (always “plugged in”)
Upshot: Our work and home lives are becoming more intertwined Symposium is on important topic
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CommonalitiesCommonalities
Papers in this symposium use relatively cognitive concepts in study affective spillover Attention restoration theory (Menta & Weiss) Recovery experiences (Sonnentag et al.; Fritz et
al.) Cognitive weariness (Lam et al.)
All use experience-sampling methodology Has become modus necessarium of studying
moods and emotions
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Problems and LimitationsProblems and Limitations
One paradox – if affect is important but (almost by nature) effects are temporally bound – are long-term effects nil?
Measurement problems Separating measures of moods from emotions Measuring specific emotions
Although measuring moods on a daily basis is probably accurate, what about emotions (which are very brief)?
Causality issues: Does affect lead to – or result from – cognitive concepts?
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Where from Here?Where from Here?
There is very little to criticize in these papers In thinking about them, I was more often
struck by what they did well, but also by what is not being studied
So, I have a few slides of issues I think we should consider in future research…
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Future Research IFuture Research I
Given that many households are dual-income, family structural decisions may be important to work-home life boundaries Impact of partner’s mood – or resources – on our
moods at work or at home Determine duration of spillover effects,
including effects on behaviors Important (but quite difficult) to use independent
sources for behaviors @ level-1
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Future Research IIFuture Research II
Important to change measurement strategy Finer: more than 1-2 times per day Coarser: over longer time periods (weeks rather
than days) Affective forecasting
People overestimate the duration and amplitude of positive (negative) emotions generated by positive (negative) events
Implications for work events?
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Coarser (Long-term) ViewCoarser (Long-term) View
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Marriedw/o
children
Child-bearing
Pre-schoolkids
Kids age5-12
Kids age12-16
First kidgone
Emptynest toretire
Retire todeath
Study 1Study 2Study 3Study 4
Happiness islowest here
Happiness is highest in tails
Source: Gilbert, D. (2006). Stumbling on happiness. New York: Knopf.
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Future Research III Future Research III (last one!)(last one!)
If we focus on daily experiences, we may ignore… Subconscious, which is enjoying renewed interest
Unstudied in IO (though see Stajkovic, Locke, & Blair, JAP, 2006)
The degree to which emotional experiences are constructed based on salient vs. lasting Seligman argues that if we focus on improving emotional
experience, we have painted ourselves into a corner because it has, by definition, no lasting impact
Do what degree do, and should, employers attend to emotional experiences of employees?
By far the greatest impediment and aberration of the human understanding arises from…those things which strike the sense outweigh those which, although they may be more important, do not strike it directly (Bacon, 1620)
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The EndThe End
Slides available at:
http://www.ufstudies.net/tim/VITA/index.htm