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Experience sampling mood and its correlates at work
Author(s) -
Miner Andrew,
Glomb Theresa,
Hulin Charles
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317905x40105
Subject(s) - mood , experience sampling method , psychology , variance (accounting) , social psychology , tone (literature) , sample (material) , event (particle physics) , negative mood , work (physics) , sampling (signal processing) , art , chemistry , physics , literature , accounting , chromatography , quantum mechanics , engineering , business , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision , mechanical engineering
The experience sampling method is used to measure variance over time in events, moods, and behaviours in the work setting via palmtop computers in a sample of 41 employees. Theoretical propositions about event–mood–behaviour relations are derived from Affective Events Theory (Weiss & Cropanzano, 1996) and tested using within‐ and between‐persons variance. The experiment found 56% of the variance in hedonic tone of mood was within‐ rather than between‐persons. Hedonic tone was significantly related to both positive and negative work events in expected directions. The relationship between negative events and mood was approximately five times stronger than that between positive events and mood, even though positive events were reported three to five times more frequently than negative events. Hedonic tone was positively related to engaging in work withdrawal and negatively related to engaging in work tasks. Implications of these findings as well as the use of experience sampling for the study of dynamic workplace variables are discussed.