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SUMMARY:Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Joe Labianca (University of Mass
 achusetts at Amherst) - Affect’s Role in Organizationally-Sponsored Netw
 orking
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DESCRIPTION:Most organizational research on networking focuses on negativ
 e emotions toward it\; but some people are comfortable with networking o
 r even find it energizing. This mixed methods study draws upon the more 
 comprehensive circumplex model of affect to investigate how positive and
  negative emotions experienced when engaging in networking behavior infl
 uence micro-processes that transform initial encounters made at organiza
 tionally-sponsored networking events (e.g.\, internal conferences\, work
 shops\, year-end mixers) into stable workplace relationships. Sixteen em
 otions of four different types (positive-high arousal\, positive-low aro
 usal\, negative-high arousal\, and negative-low arousal) were examined i
 n a sample of 245 professionals in a religious organization participatin
 g in a three-day off-site networking event. We found that some emotions 
 were related to greater numbers of initial encounters being made at the 
 event\, while other emotions were related to whether individuals intende
 d to and actually did follow up with their initial interactions within t
 he subsequent three weeks to continue to develop their relationship. Ult
 imately\, we hope this type of research can be used to design more effec
 tive organizationally-sponsored networking events that actually meet the
 ir goals of helping people make valuable new social connections. 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G30\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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