FOOTBALL FANS: WHEN TEAMS LOSE, WORK SUFFERS

Prompting a client to seek out challenges, and to ask for performance feedback from colleagues, can be very helpful. But for some, Monday may not be the best day to choose, particularly if they’re a football fan and their team has played badly. Researchers at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece revealed that the performance of people’s chosen football team affects how they feel and perform at work. The study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, was carried out in a Greek military unit among 41 male officers from across the country...

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