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Emotions and groups/organizations/collectives

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In this episode, Eric and Amit talk about how emotions operate in groups. Do crowds easily go “mad”? What emotions spread faster in groups? Why are we drawn to people more politically extreme than us? How is social media shaping our emotions and political behavior? Finally, Amit shares his journey from being a journalist to being a psychologist at a business school.

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Collective emotion, when a group of people shares an emotion, is often stronger than a single individual feeling that same emotion alone. So, how can leaders manage emotions, particularly negative ones, from taking over a team?

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Research has shown that when speaking in front of a group, people’s attention tends to gets stuck on the most emotional faces, causing them to overestimate the group’s average emotional state.

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How do emotions spread within social networks? And how do they influence individual and collective decisions?

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Groups and politics

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New research shows that people are drawn to others with more extreme versions of their own political views. 

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Employees often resist DEI initiatives, which of course hinders their effectiveness. The authors — experts in the resistance to social-change efforts — write that the key to overcoming resistance to any effort is figuring out why people are resisting. When it comes to DEI initiatives, they argue, people resist because they experience at least one of three forms of threat: status threat, merit threat, and moral threat. Depending on the kinds of threat they experience, they then tend to engage in three kinds of resistance: defending, denying, and distancing. The authors explain these forms of threat and resistance and then offer suggestions for how to overcome them.

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What are some the psychological attributes that describe people who are politically extreme or who tend to support violence. 

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Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads. Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.11.21.2023

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Podcast interview with Amit Goldenberg 7/20/23

Extreme Views Are More Attractive Than Moderate Ones; Scientific American; 4.19.23

Extreme Views Are More Attractive Than Moderate Ones; Scientific American; 4.19.23

To Overcome Resistance to DEI, Understand What’s Driving It; Harvard Business Review, 3.1.2023

To Overcome Resistance to DEI, Understand What’s Driving It; Harvard Business Review, 3.1.2023

Managing Your Team’s Emotional Dynamic

Managing Your Team’s Emotional Dynamic; Harvard Business Review, 1.12.2023

Building Israeli-Palestinian trust, a marshmallow at a time; Jewish News of Northern California, 11.

Building Israeli-Palestinian trust, a marshmallow at a time; Jewish News of Northern California, 11.18.2016

What prompted Capitol rioters to violence? The Harvard Gazette, 1.29.2021

What prompted Capitol rioters to violence? The Harvard Gazette, 1.29.2021

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness; Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, 6.28.2022

Social media helps the environmental movement to mobilise — but digital firms are walking a fine lin

Social media helps the environmental movement to mobilise — but digital firms are walking a fine line now: Amit Goldenberg; Economic Times; 4.8.2022

How dealing with your negative emotions can impact loneliness

How dealing with your negative emotions can impact loneliness; Wisconsin Public Radio; 2.2.2022

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New Research Reveals Why Some People Are Lonely; Psychology Today, 12.17.2021

On Twitter, bad news spreads faster than good

On Twitter, bad news spreads faster than good; CBS News, 7.15.2021

Missing the Crowd for the Faces: The Crowd-Emotion-Amplification Effect

Missing the Crowd for the Faces: The Crowd-Emotion-Amplification Effect, Association for Psychological Science, 4.30.2021

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets; HBS Working Knowledge, 7.13.2021

Don’t Focus on the Most Expressive Face in the Audience

Don’t Focus on the Most Expressive Face in the Audience; HBR, 11.30.2020

Are You as in Control of Your Emotions as You Think?

Are You as in Control of Your Emotions as You Think? Psychology Today, 3.20.2020

Protect Yourself from Emotional Contagion

Protect Yourself from Emotional Contagion; Psychology Today, 6.21.2019

The Case for Less Solidarity

The Case for Less Solidarity; Nautilus, 6.1.2017

Harnessing the power of your emotions to improve your work day instead of hampering it

Harnessing the power of your emotions to improve your work day instead of hampering it; The Globe and Mail, 7.24.2019

How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions, Stanford psychologis

How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions, Stanford psychologists find; Stanford News, 6.13.2019

Jewish, Palestinian-Israeli teens cooperate better after learning people can change, Stanford resear

Jewish, Palestinian-Israeli teens cooperate better after learning people can change, Stanford researchers say; Stanford News, 10.25.2016

What is the value of Binyamin Netanyahu’s apology? Haaretz, 7.26.16, Hebrew

What is the value of Binyamin Netanyahu’s apology? Haaretz, 7.26.16, Hebrew

How convenient; Haaretz, 4.7.16, Hebrew

How convenient; Haaretz, 4.7.16, Hebrew

CAN WE CONTROL THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS’ EMOTIONS?

CAN WE CONTROL THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS’ EMOTIONS?; SPSP Blog, 4.13.2016

Stanford research shows how people emotionally turn against their groups in cases of injustice; Stan

Stanford research shows how people emotionally turn against their groups in cases of injustice; Stanford News, 3.16.2015

WHY IT TAKES GUTS TO GO AGAINST THE CROWD

WHY IT TAKES GUTS TO GO AGAINST THE CROWD; Futurity, 3.18.2015

Who is the dehumanizer? Haaretz, 9.18.2012, Hebrew

Who is the dehumanizer? Haaretz, 9.18.2012, Hebrew

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