Can conflict be energizing? a study of task conflict, positive emotions, and job satisfaction.

Scholars have assumed that the presence of negative emotions during task conflict implies the absence of positive emotions. However, emotions researchers have shown that positive and negative emotions are not 2 ends of a bipolar continuum; rather, they represent 2 separate, orthogonal dimensions. Drawing on affective events theory, we develop and test hypotheses about the effects of task conflict on positive emotions and job satisfaction.

Cognitive dysfunction profile and arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes.

Background: The causative mechanisms of type 2 diabetes (T2D) on cognitive dysfunction are still undergoing development.

Aim: To explore the cognitive dysfunction profile and its relation to the potential role of arterial stiffness in later middle age T2D patients.

Methods: We studied 37 patients with T2D (age range 45-65 years) and 22 normal controls.

Measuring teamwork and conflict among emergency medical technician personnel.

Objective: We sought to develop a reliable and valid tool for measuring teamwork among emergency medical technician (EMT) partnerships.

Methods: We adapted existing scales and developed new items to measure components of teamwork. After recruiting a convenience sample of 39 agencies, we tested a 122-item draft survey tool (EMT-TEAMWORK).