PMID- 29975076
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190506
LR  - 20201203
IS  - 1931-1516 (Electronic)
IS  - 1528-3542 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
DP  - 2019 Apr
TI  - Should job applicants be excited or calm? The role of culture and ideal affect in 
      employment settings.
PG  - 377-401
LID - 10.1037/emo0000444 [doi]
AB  - Do cultural differences in emotion play a role in employment settings? We 
      predicted that cultural differences in ideal affect-the states that people value 
      and ideally want to feel-are reflected in: (a) how individuals present themselves 
      when applying for a job, and (b) what individuals look for when hiring someone 
      for a job. In Studies 1-2 (N(S1) = 236, N(S2) = 174), European Americans wanted 
      to convey high arousal positive states (HAP; excitement) more and low arousal 
      positive states (LAP; calm) less than did Hong Kong Chinese when applying for a 
      job. European Americans also used more HAP words in their applications and showed 
      more "high intensity" smiles in their video introductions than did Hong Kong 
      Chinese. In Study 3 (N = 185), European American working adults rated their ideal 
      job applicant as being more HAP and less LAP than did Hong Kong Chinese, and in 
      Study 4a (N = 125), European American Masters of Business Administration (MBAs) 
      were more likely to hire an excited (vs. calm) applicant for a hypothetical 
      internship than were Hong Kong Chinese MBAs. Finally, in Study 4b (N = 300), 
      employees in a U.S. company were more likely to hire an excited (vs. calm) 
      applicant for a hypothetical internship. In Studies 1-4a, observed differences 
      were partly related to European Americans valuing HAP more than Hong Kong 
      Chinese. These findings support our predictions that culture and ideal affect 
      shape behavior in employment settings, and have important implications for 
      promoting cultural diversity in the workplace. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 
      APA, all rights reserved).
FAU - Bencharit, Lucy Zhang
AU  - Bencharit LZ
AD  - Department of Psychology.
FAU - Ho, Yuen Wan
AU  - Ho YW
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5056-0722
AD  - Department of Psychology.
FAU - Fung, Helene H
AU  - Fung HH
AD  - Department of Psychology.
FAU - Yeung, Dannii Y
AU  - Yeung DY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0548-0328
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences.
FAU - Stephens, Nicole M
AU  - Stephens NM
AD  - Kellogg School of Management.
FAU - Romero-Canyas, Rainer
AU  - Romero-Canyas R
AD  - Office of Chief Scientist.
FAU - Tsai, Jeanne L
AU  - Tsai JL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4150-8268
AD  - Department of Psychology.
LA  - eng
GR  - National Science Foundation/
GR  - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Research Grants Council/
GR  - Stanford Department of Psychology/
GR  - Stanford Graduate Research Opportunity/
GR  - Stanford Department of East Asian Studies/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180705
PL  - United States
TA  - Emotion
JT  - Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
JID - 101125678
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Emotions/*physiology
MH  - Employment/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pleasure/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2018/07/06 06:00
MHDA- 2019/05/07 06:00
CRDT- 2018/07/06 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/05/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/07/06 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 2018-32160-001 [pii]
AID - 10.1037/emo0000444 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Emotion. 2019 Apr;19(3):377-401. doi: 10.1037/emo0000444. Epub 2018 Jul 5.