Elaine M Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4230395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine M Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8014-2951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of CEO emotional stability and team heterogeneity in shaping the top management team affective tone and firm performance relationship
Improving the future by considering the past
It could have been better
While research on counterfactuals has closely examined the psychological antecedents and consequences of thinking counterfactually (imagining alternatives to past events), little is known about the effects of counterfactual communication, and in particular, how such thoughts are interpreted by others. In this paper, I argue that counterfactual communication differentially affects impressions formed of speakers by receivers depending on the genera…
Narrating near-histories
While research on counterfactuals has demonstrated that thinking counterfactually (imagining how past events could have been different) improves organizationally relevant outcomes, little is known about the effects of narrating these near-histories, or explicitly communicating counterfactuals, on these outcomes. In this article, I advance a framework for understanding the counterfactual communication-performance relationship. Building on previous…
Thinking within the box
By comparing reality to what might have been, counterfactuals promote a relational processing style characterized by a tendency to consider relationships and associations among a set of stimuli. As such, counterfactual mind-sets were expected to improve performance on tasks involving the consideration of relationships and associations but to impair performance on tasks requiring novel ideas that are uninfluenced by salient associations. The autho…
Thinking within the box
By comparing reality to what might have been, counterfactuals promote a relational processing style characterized by a tendency to consider relationships and associations among a set of stimuli. As such, counterfactual mind-sets were expected to improve performance on tasks involving the consideration of relationships and associations but to impair performance on tasks requiring novel ideas that are uninfluenced by salient associations. The autho…
It could have been better
While research on counterfactuals has closely examined the psychological antecedents and consequences of thinking counterfactually (imagining alternatives to past events), little is known about the effects of counterfactual communication, and in particular, how such thoughts are interpreted by others. In this paper, I argue that counterfactual communication differentially affects impressions formed of speakers by receivers depending on the genera…
Improving the future by considering the past
Narrating near-histories
While research on counterfactuals has demonstrated that thinking counterfactually (imagining how past events could have been different) improves organizationally relevant outcomes, little is known about the effects of narrating these near-histories, or explicitly communicating counterfactuals, on these outcomes. In this article, I advance a framework for understanding the counterfactual communication-performance relationship. Building on previous…
Thinking within the box
By comparing reality to what might have been, counterfactuals promote a relational processing style characterized by a tendency to consider relationships and associations among a set of stimuli. As such, counterfactual mind-sets were expected to improve performance on tasks involving the consideration of relationships and associations but to impair performance on tasks requiring novel ideas that are uninfluenced by salient associations. The autho…
Narrating near-histories
While research on counterfactuals has demonstrated that thinking counterfactually (imagining how past events could have been different) improves organizationally relevant outcomes, little is known about the effects of narrating these near-histories, or explicitly communicating counterfactuals, on these outcomes. In this article, I advance a framework for understanding the counterfactual communication-performance relationship. Building on previous…
It could have been better
While research on counterfactuals has closely examined the psychological antecedents and consequences of thinking counterfactually (imagining alternatives to past events), little is known about the effects of counterfactual communication, and in particular, how such thoughts are interpreted by others. In this paper, I argue that counterfactual communication differentially affects impressions formed of speakers by receivers depending on the genera…
Improving the future by considering the past
The role of CEO emotional stability and team heterogeneity in shaping the top management team affective tone and firm performance relationship
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Counterfactual conditional (4 works) · Counterfactual thinking (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)