Abstract
The Many Faces of Ambivalence: Feeling, Thinking, and Acting Amid Contradiction in Organizations
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2026(1)
07/2026
DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2026.17238symposium
Abstract
Workplace dynamics are increasingly complex and multifaceted, often creating tensions among conflicting emotions, identities, or orientations. Ambivalence, or holding both positive and negative orientations toward the same object, is a manifestation of such complexity. This symposium presents four papers that collectively approach ambivalence through affective, cognitive, and behavioral lenses, demonstrating how ambivalent experiences shape consequential workplace action. Two of the papers examine how nostalgia may induce ambivalent feelings and reactions for employees. Another paper examines the mixed effects and ambivalent evaluations of coworker attractiveness. The final paper examines the usage of dialectical thinking, a type of cognitive ambivalence, and its utility in reducing stereotype biases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Many Faces of Ambivalence: Feeling, Thinking, and Acting Amid Contradiction in Organizations
- Creators
- Nicholas Lowery - University of IowaYiduo Shao - University of IowaJessica R. Methot - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyAbbie J. Shipp - Texas Christian UniversityAlondrea Michelle Hubbard - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyPei LiuAllie Freshley - University of MississippiLaura Rees - Oregon State UniversityNai-Wen Chi - National Sun Yat-sen UniversityMin-Hsuan TuSzu-Han (Joanna) LinYing-Chun Chou - National Sun Yat-sen UniversityNaomi Beth Rothman - Lehigh University
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2026(1)
- DOI
- 10.5465/AMPROC.2026.17238symposium
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2026
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9985213548502771
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