Knipfer, Kristin, Kump, Barbara. 2022. Collective rumination: When ‘problem talk’ impairs organizational resilience. Applied Psychology. 71 (1), 154-173.
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Abstract
When adversity strikes, organization members often turn to others in order to vent their negative emotions and receive social support. While social interaction is commonly seen as a major resource for organizational resilience, dysfunctional social interactions and their negative effects on coping with and overcoming adversity are less well understood. This conceptual article develops theory on collective rumination—defined as repetitive and prolonged discussions of adverse events that center on the negative and uncontrollable aspects of the situation—and its detrimental effects on organizational resilience. We elaborate that collective rumination emerges through a vicious circle of a shared negative situational assessment and mutual contagion with highly negative emotions. Based on our theorizing, we propose that collective rumination is negatively related to three core dimensions of organizational resilience: perceptions of control, commitment to joint action, and the acceptance of adversity as a challenge. With our conceptual article, we answer earlier calls to theorize about forms of social interactions that are not valuable but destructive for organizational resilience and elucidate previously neglected social dynamics that are dysfunctional for recovering from adversity.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | Applied Psychology |
Citation Index | SSCI |
WU-Journal-Rating new | STRAT-B, WH-B |
Language | English |
Title | Collective rumination: When ‘problem talk’ impairs organizational resilience |
Volume | 71 |
Number | 1 |
Year | 2022 |
Page from | 154 |
Page to | 173 |
Reviewed? | Y |
URL | https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apps.12315 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12315 |
Open Access | Y |
Open Access Link | https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apps.12315 |
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- People
- Kump, Barbara (Details)
- External
- Knipfer, Kristin (TUM School of Management, Germany)
- Organization
- Institute for Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship IN (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 1925 Knowledge management (Details)
- 5324 Organizational research (Details)
- 5517 Organisational psychology (Details)
- 5521 Cognitive psychology (Details)
- 5945 Organisational development (Details)