Comments on: Had A Bad Day: The Effects Of Mood On Work Performance

By: Dr Eddy Kloprogge

Dr Eddy Kloprogge — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:09:21 +0000

The mood in which you enter the workplace may well be influential on your work performance, the mood you leave the workplace may well be influential on your social life. It is the “border crossing” from one (environmental) system into another, wher written and unwritten rules are not the same. Moods are nothing more than expression of feelings that do not rely on those exernal system rules but more on internal system rules. They differ.

By: Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:33:16 +0000

Interesting post… Thanks Rob, I wonder if the reason we’ve paid less attention to this problem is because people have not known how to turn a bad mood around. What you you think?

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:39:04 +0000

Bill,

Perhaps it is an anomaly, but the corporations I served all had prayer groups. If anything, those who participated within the groups were quicker to recover from negative moods and exhibited great attitudes of increased loyalty and productivity. On behalf of full disclosure, I use personal prayer everyday and have been doing so for the past 15 years. Prior to introducing prayer into my daily life, my sour moods were more frequent and lasted longer.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:16:06 +0000

Have you looked at the role of prayer groups within organizations? And to what extent can or does the work place foster a climate for spiritual growth and development?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:20:19 +0000

Laurence,
That’s an interesting expasion of the idea that I hadn’t considered. It makes sense, and it highlights how a negative work environment can build on itself in a nonlinear fashion.

By: Noel Jensen

Noel Jensen — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:11:08 +0000

Another worthwhile post from Rob. I’ve got a list of attributes that I read to myself every morning to remind me of who I am. And no, mopey isn’t on the list!

Noel Jensen
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By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:40:48 +0000

I completely agree with you. But not only does it affect the individual’s perform when he/she is having a bad day, it can affect the brand, if that individual touches customers or vendors and their bad mood reflects upon their customer service.

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:53:28 +0000

I’ll bet the most influential factor on a teammate’s mood at the start of the day is what happened yesterday (or over the past couple of weeks).

More interesting research from Ohio State. I’ll file this under “Hot Teams.”