The impact of disclosing emotions on ratings of interpersonal closeness, warmth, competence, and leadership ability.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasingly, business leaders and other professionals are called upon to be vulnerable and authentic in the workplace, which often includes disclosing emotions to others. While sharing emotions is known to enhance closeness, several questions remain underexplored. Specifically, disclosing personal facts about oneself and disclosing emotions have often been studied together, making it difficult to determine the effects of disclosing emotions per se. Moreover, not enough is known about factors that may influence effects of disclosing emotions, including recipients' attitudes toward emotion-sharing, the sharer's gender, and whether one considers the disclosure to be similar to one's own experiences. We examined the impact of disclosing positive and negative emotio

SUBMITTER: Ludwig VU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793093 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature