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The Influence Of Emotional Contagion On The Formation Of Group Affective Tone Within The Student Cohort Model, Michael J. Jensen

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The use of the cohort model within higher education has produced outcomes that have been either positive and adaptive or dysfunctional and maladaptive due to the unique identities formed by cohorts. The purpose of this study was to examine the cohort model through the lens of group level affect. The study examined whether cohorts of university students developed a group affective tone and whether or not the formation of group affective tone impacted student satisfaction with the cohort experience. The study also examined if susceptibility to emotional contagion and emotional expressivity was related to the degree of affective convergence of …