Gender and Emotions: Intra- and Interpersonal Effects of Emotional Ambivalence and Compassion

The focus of this proposed symposium is to examine the effects of experiencing and expressing emotional ambivalence and compassion at work on important outcomes, and critically, how these effects vary depending on gender. We join four investigations that document new phenomena at the nexus of gender, emotional experience, emotional expression, emotional display rules, leader effectiveness, leader behavior, leadership emergence, and performance outcomes. Skeptical Responses to Male and Female CEOs’ Expressions of Emotional Ambivalence Presenter: Corinne A. Post; Villanova U. Presenter: Naomi Beth Rothman; Lehigh U. Presenter: McKay Price; Lehigh U. Presenter: James Cicon; U. of Central Missouri Feeling One Thing and Feeling Another: Gender Differences in the Experience of Emotional Ambivalence Presenter: Jamie Strassman; U. of Texas at Austin When and Why Emotional Ambivalence is Beneficial (and Harmful) in Women Leaders Presenter: Naomi Beth Rothman; Lehigh U. Presenter: Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks; U. of Michigan Presenter: Jean-Nicolas Reyt; McGill U. The Social Consequences of Compassion: Effects of Gender Differences and Compassion Types on Leaders Presenter: Reut Livne-Tarandach; Manhattan College Presenter: Sophie Pychlau; U. of Oregon Presenter: Angela R. Grotto; Manhattan College Presenter: Poonam Arora; Manhattan College