Discussion

• Research shows that entrepreneurs who are leading

new enterprises experience low levels of stress. Why
would this be true? Explain using stress models.
• Stress can be in the form of a challenge or
hindrance type of stress. Think about stressors you
experienced in the past six months. Were these
challenge or hindrance stress? Does this
classification depend on the person?
• What other stressors do you have experience with?
Can you think of additional categories of common
stressors?
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• Have you ever been in a state of flow as

described in this section? If so, what was special
about this time?
• Whose responsibility do you think it is to deal
with employee stress – the employee or the
organization? Why?
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• How easy do you think it is to “manage” one’s

emotions?
• Which types of emotions are most socially
accepted in the workplace? Why do you think this
is?
• What are factors that affect your emotions?
• Share an example of either positive or negative
emotional contagion. How did it start and stop?
• What do you do, if anything, to try to change how
you are feeling? How effective are your strategies?
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• What is the worst job you ever had (or class

project if you haven’t worked)? Did the job
require emotional labor? If so, how did you deal
with it?
• Research shows that acting “happy” when you are
not can be exhausting. Why do you think that is?
Have you ever felt that way? What can you do to
lessen these feelings?
• How important do you think emotional intelligence
is at work? Why?
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• Explain a time when you have seen emotions help

someone to be more ethical than they might have
otherwise been.
• Explain a time when you have seen emotions help
someone to be less ethical than they might have
otherwise been.
• Why do you think some countries have so much
vacation time compared to others? In your opinion,
is this a problem? Why or why not?