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User Profile  Why emotions matter to meetings    • submit to
reddit  It’s probably quite unfashionable to say so, but
meetings continue to form the bulk of our collaborative efforts
at work.  Developments in social network software, crowdsourcing
platforms and their ilk have still not shifted the meeting from
its place as the bulwark of workplace communication.  Of course,
that’s not to say that there isn’t a whole lot of things wrong
with the office meeting.  Research has suggested that one often
overlooked area is with regards to the emotions of
participants.  Researchers decided to delve a little deeper into
what is known as surface ac