Ambivalent bosses: An examination of supervisor expressed emotional ambivalence on subordinate task engagement

• Main Authors: LIM, Jia Hui, TAI, Kenneth, KOUCHAKI, Maryam
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Emotions; Emotional ambivalence; Unpredictability; Anticipated stress; Task engagement; Target of expressed emotional ambivalence; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6734; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7733/viewcontent/Ambivalent_boses_av_2021.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Supervisors often have to manage conflicting and contradictory demands in increasingly dynamic work environments. In the process of doing so, they may express emotional ambivalence observed by subordinates. Drawing on emotions as social information (EASI) theory and research on unpredictability and...