Journal article
The Mirror's Eye: Daily Work Events, Self-Conscious Emotions, and Job (Dis)Engagement
Journal of business and psychology
12/05/2025
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-025-10092-x
Abstract
While people can readily recall feelings of guilt and pride tied to workplace failures and successes, research on these emotions in organizational settings remains limited. Drawing on affective events theory, appraisal theory, and self-conscious emotions literature, we explore the antecedent work events that trigger guilt and pride through open-ended responses from 329 employed adults. We then examine how guilt and pride influence emotional exhaustion, withdrawal, and engagement, with perceived supervisor support as a moderator, using an experience sampling study with 151 employees. We found that negative and positive performance, social, and moral events were significantly associated with daily guilt and pride, respectively. Daily guilt was associated with more withdrawal, whereas pride was linked to reduced exhaustion and boosted engagement. Notably, the buffering effect of pride on emotional exhaustion was stronger when supervisor support was high. These findings advance organizational behavior and self-conscious emotions literature by identifying key antecedent work events triggering guilt and pride and demonstrating that employees' guilt or pride elicited from violating or meeting their identity-related goals shape their daily (dis)engaging responses. Practical implications are discussed, highlighting the role of supportive supervisors and daily workplace practices.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Mirror's Eye: Daily Work Events, Self-Conscious Emotions, and Job (Dis)Engagement
- Creators
- Yeonka Sophia Kim - San Jose State UniversityJohn Kammeyer-Mueller - University of MinnesotaBeth A. Livingston - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of business and psychology
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10869-025-10092-x
- ISSN
- 0889-3268
- eISSN
- 1573-353X
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/05/2025
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9985091801202771
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