Mixed Feelings: Effects of Mood Diversity on Groups’ Discussion of Disconfirming Information and Evaluation of Alternatives

Ece Tuncel () and Lorna Doucet ()
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Ece Tuncel: Webster University
Lorna Doucet: Fudan University

Group Decision and Negotiation, 2023, vol. 32, issue 3, No 8, 729-748

Abstract: Abstract In organizational groups, expertise and information are often distributed among group members, thus making information sharing a necessity for group success. We examine the role of mood diversity on the discussion of disconfirming information and evaluation of decision alternatives in groups. In a laboratory experiment, using a hidden profile task, we manipulated mood diversity in 36 four-person, same-sex groups. Results indicated that mood diversity (vs. homogeneity) was positively related to groups’ focus on disconfirming information, which ultimately led to a more accurate evaluation of their decision alternatives. Results of the study expand our understanding of how mood composition of groups affects their discussion dynamics and decision evaluation.

Keywords: Mood diversity; Disconfirming information; Decision evaluation; Groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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