Annotated Bibliography APA Reference Koman, Elizabeth S. Wolff, Steven. (2010).

The Cascading Impact of Culture: Group Emotional Competence (GEC) as a Cultural Resource. http://www.profwolff.org/GEIPartners/index_files/Articles/Koman%20Wolff %20Howard%20EI%20Culture%20Chapter%20Sep%209%2006.pdf This article gives detail to group competence concerning the ability of a group to create a culture that effectively shapes the groups experience. There is research evidence concerning the impact of culture on emotional processing in work groups and teams. The primary focus is on work groups and work teams in management contexts. Culture has been defined as an internalized system of control for producing
integrated, adaptive, sane behavior. Culture influences human belief and emotion at multiple levels of society. Macro level culture also influences emotional expression and the indigenous emotional responses displayed by members of different nations and ethnic groups.

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Culture provides shared organizational symbols, language, norms and ceremonies that frame the values, behavior, and feelings of organizational members. A groups culture influences the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of its members. Group culture norms also influence behavioral responses to emotion.