Aspects of a worker's disposition can, in fact, be contagious, according to Sigal Barsade, a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. 'People literally catch emotions from one another like a virus,' she says. Her research has found that the least-contagious emotional state is one marked by low-energy and sluggishness. The most contagious is a calm, relaxed state -- which she nicknamed 'the California condition.'
宾夕法尼亚大学(University of Pennsylvania)沃顿商学院(Wharton School )管理学教授西加尔・巴萨德(Sigal Barsade)称,员工的性格特征其实是有感染力的。她表示:“不夸张地说,情绪就像病毒一样让人交叉感染。”她的研究发现,感染性最弱的是以低能量和慵懒为特征的情绪状态。感染性最强的是冷静、放松的状态――她将其昵称为“加州状态”。
People with similar emotional temperaments work best together, Ms. Barsade says. But if a manager is trying to get a stressed-out worker to brighten up, the best strategy is to surround her with lots of cheerful, energetic people.
巴萨德说,性情相似的人最适合在一起工作。但如果管理者试图让压力很大的员工放松一些,最好的策略是让许多快乐、充满活力的人坐在这位员工周围。
Constantly shuffling people around has its consequences, however. Ms. Barsade says that moving from desk to desk can make workers feel like they have little control over their environment. And some seating experiments can cause a backlash.
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