Mood can spread among group members and can influence group processes in controlled group settings.

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Barsade used a 2×2 laboratory design with a trained confederate to manipulate expressed mood. Mood contagion was observed using self-report and outside ratings, with effects on attitudes and group processes including cooperation and conflict.

The experiment does not show that every emotional state spreads, that contagion is equally strong in natural organizations, or that one person’s state determines collective behavior.

The source supports the existence of group emotional contagion. The Human OS interpretation of one person becoming part of another person’s operating environment is broader.

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