• A Questionnaire to demonstrate "Emotional Contagion" while working in teams

  • Please expend some time of yours to read the following statements carefully (of course each question takes less than 15 seconds to answer :) ). Please indicate the degree of agreement or disagreement by marking against the statements.It should be emphasized that there are no right or wrong answers.The answer that first comes to your mind upon reading the question can be chosen.

  • Now enough of your details :) Shall we now try to explore our personality by answering the following questions ?

  • SA - Strongly Agree

    A   -  Agree

    N   -  Neutral

    D   -  Disagree

    SD -  Strongly Disagree

    NA -  Not Applicable

  • I prefer being alone rather than being with people*
  • Most of the time I do things just to please others*
  • I have frequent mood swings*
  • I am mostly talkative when I am with other people*
  • I like to make new friends*
  • It is difficult for me to detach myself from others’ feelings*
  • I generally prefer reading to meeting people*
  • Usually I go out of my way to befriend people*
  • I am relaxed most of the time*
  • It’s easy for me to get carried away by others' emotions*
  • I find it hard to imitate the behavior of others*
  • I find it easy to change my behavior to suit different people and different situations*
  • I don’t give much thought to others’ feelings*
  • I consider myself very sensitive to others’ feelings*
  • I do not let criticisms bother me*
  • It takes a long time for me to forget an unpleasant experience*
  • I generally do and say things quickly without stopping to think*

  • For the questions that follow,please answer keeping in mind a team you are a part of.These are just your views.There is nothing like right and wrong for these questions.

  • I find that my mood affects the moods of others in my team*
  • I feel happy when my team members are in a good mood*
  • When I’m with other people who are laughing I join in*
  • I get tensed when I observe other people being angry with one another*
  • My work gets done faster when my team members are in a cheerful mood*
  • I get tensed when I see people quarrelling in my workplace*
  • As team members, we try to cheer each other up during times of stress*
  • I try to mask my negative emotions so that it doesn’t spread to others in my team*
  • I feel that being too cheerful hinders one’s seriousness at work*
  • Being with a cheerful person lifts my spirit when I am down*
  • When a team member is upset, work tends to slow down*
  • My emotional state is dependent on others’ moods*
  • My work carries on irrespective of what mood my team members are in*
  • I tend to feel demotivated when any member of my team is upset*
  • I try and help my team-mates manage their negative emotions effectively*
  • My team is optimistic even if things go wrong*
  • It frustrates me to be around angry people*
  • Each person's emotion is his/her own and therefore does not spread to others*
  • Individual achievements of team members do not affect the achievements of others in our team*
  • When people smile warmly at me I feel the warmth within*
  • I feel only people with a positive mentality can contribute to a team’s functioning*
  • We try and make efforts to encourage only positive emotions*
  • It is enough if one does his/her job properly without getting affected by others’ moods*
  • When my team members feel down, I find it difficult to concentrate on important tasks*
  • I find that some colleagues of mine yield greater influence than others in the workplace*
  • Sometimes my team finds it difficult to finish the targets within the stipulated time*
  • There is a general feeling in the team that the objectives are realistic and attainable*
  • I can not dream of belonging to any other team*
  • People in this team are always searching for fresh, new ways of looking at problems*
  • We share information generally in the team rather than keeping it to ourselves*
  • My team members are punctual at work*
  • I feel that, if given a choice, I would prefer to work in a team rather than work alone*
  • I am proud of my team’s achievements*

  • Thank You very much for answering all the questions patiently. Hope answering this questionnaire benefited you.

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