The ambivalent mind can be a wise mind: Emotional ambivalence increases judgment accuracy

By Laura Rees, Naomi B Rothman, Reuven Lehavy, Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks. 2013

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Decision Sciences, Safety Research, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/7d1163507dc7159bf70f2f678b027ae231eeaeda

How researchers see this paper

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In General Decision Sciences

1. Constantine Sedikides
2. Michael G. Pratt
3. Naomi B Rothman
4. E. Sadler‐Smith
5. Ivano Cardinale

In Safety Research

1. Constantine Sedikides
2. Blake E. Ashforth
3. Michael G. Pratt
4. Abraham Carmeli
5. Naomi B Rothman
6. T. Wildschut
7. E. Sadler‐Smith
8. M. Kaptein

In Social Psychology

1. T. Wildschut
2. Constantine Sedikides
3. C. Routledge
4. Joost M. Leunissen
5. Abraham Carmeli
6. Blake E. Ashforth
7. J. Stephens
8. Kristie M. Rogers

Citations in the corpus

• Ambivalence in Organizations: A Multilevel Approach (2014, background): “…emotional ambivalence to better chief executive offier (CEO) decision making (Plambeck and Weber 2009), heightened creativity (Fong 2006), increased receptivity to alternatives resulting in improved judgment accuracy (Rees et al. 2013), and stronger organizational commitment (Pratt and Rosa 2003).”
• Understanding The Dual Nature of Ambivalence: Why and When Ambivalence Leads to Good and Bad Outcomes (2017, unknown): “scholars studying emotional ambivalence (e.g., Fong, 2006; Rees et al., 2013), they utilize the”
• Feeling Mixed, Ambivalent, and in Flux: The Social Functions of Emotional Complexity for Leaders (2017, background): “For instance, they will seek information that both confirms and disconfirms their initial position, and theywill be less likely to anchor on their initial commitments (Kleiman & Hassin, 2013; Rees et al., 2013).”
• The positive effect of expressing negative emotions on knowledge creation capability and performance of project teams (2016, background): “An example of these benefits stems from research on emotional ambivalence, in which individuals simultaneously experience positive and negative emotions (e.g., Larsen et al., 2001; Rees et al., 2013).”
• The affective foundations of high-reliability organizing (2014, background): “First, prosocial motivation increases commitment to those benefitting from one’s efforts and stimulates expansive processing of information from and about others as well as personal initiative and discretionary helping behaviors (Grant, 2008).”
• The Hedonic Character of Nostalgia: An Integrative Data Analysis (2020, background): “In addition, emotional ambivalence (i.e., the blend of positive and negative emotions) enhances judgmental accuracy (Rees et al., 2013).”