Affective Events Theory Learning Objective 4.4
How do emotions and moods influence job performance and satisfaction?
Affective events theory (AET): employees react emotionally to things that happen to them at work, and this reaction influences their job performance and satisfaction
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AET provides us with valuable insights into the role emotions play in primary organizational outcomes of job satisfaction and job performance.
Work events trigger positive or negative emotional reactions, to which employees’ personalities and moods predispose them to respond with greater or lesser intensity.