Listening is associated with and a likely cause of desired organizational outcomes in
numerous areas, including job performance, leadership, quality of relationships (eg, trust) …

Social psychologists have a longstanding interest in the mechanisms responsible for the
beneficial effects of positive social connections. This article reviews and integrates two …

Organizations, activists, and scholars hope that conversations between outpartisans
(supporters of opposing political parties) can reduce affective polarization (dislike of …

Disagreements can polarize attitudes when they evoke defensiveness from the conversation
partners. When a speaker talks, listeners often think about ways to counterargue. This …

Memories of rejection contribute to feeling lonely. However, high-quality listening that
conveys well-meaning attention and understanding when speakers discuss social rejection …

The present work focuses on listening training as an example of a relational human
resource practice that can improve human resource outcomes: Relatedness to colleagues …

We conducted an integrative review of research on listening relevant to work and
organizations published from 2000 to 2021 and across three disciplines (management …

Listening and perceived responsiveness evoke a sense of interpersonal connection that
benefits individuals and groups and is relevant to almost every field in Psychology …

Outcomes of conversations, including those dealing with controversial, deeply personal, or
threatening disclosures, result not only from what is said but also from how listeners receive …

Training teachers to listen may enable them to experience increasingly attentive and open
peer relationships at work. In the present research, we examined the outcomes of a year …