... may exhibit low collaboration proficiency under time-constrained, emotionally charged temporary tasks. Drawing on emotional contagion theory, a partner's emotion can easily influence an individual's perception within stressful contexts (West and Mendes, 2023). Incorporating positive emotional...

..., realisation of inherent benefits tends to make the experience more emotionally charged compared to the realisation of instrumental benefits. Hence, we conjecture that inherent and instrumental benefits can lead to differentiated effects on emotional reactions. Furthermore, a user’s evaluative threshold...

... with unconscious somatic responses based on the recall of information related to an emotionally charged stimulus. In other words, “somatic responses are activated by the mere thought of an option, and either encourage or discourage the option” (Suzuki et al., 2003, p. 82). Damasio (2009) also describes...