I'm not upset–I get it: Effects of co-workers' stress cues on help-seekers' social diction and empathy in telecommuting

Zhang，Ning1; Yu，Bin2; Hu，Jun3; Li，Min3; An，Pengcheng4

2024-05-01

10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103218

International Journal of Human Computer Studies   影响因子和分区

1071-5819

1095-9300

In both remote and physical work environments, it is commonplace for help-seeking messages to be rejected by other colleagues. This paper investigates how signifying co-workers’ stress status would influence the social diction and empathy of help-seekers in the context of rejection. 36 participants were recruited to perform help-seeking tasks with virtual co-workers via a professional mobile messaging application (Trillian). Their device was tailored with a vibrotactile mechanism (TacStatus), which could signify different emotional states of the co-workers: no-cue, relaxed, normal, and stressful. Independent sample Friedman nonparametric tests were conducted to analyze the social diction and empathy of the participants in their messages for help-seeking and responses to the co-workers’ rejection. This study revealed that stress cues have observable impacts on the social diction and empathy of help-seekers. Stressful and relaxed cues were found to evidently shape the social diction of help-seekers. When faced with a relaxed co-worker, the help-seeker felt disappointed and unaccepted after being rejected. By contrast, when confronted with a stressful cue, help-seekers tended to exhibit relatively more positive emotions after been rejected. This study attempts to reveal the mechanism through which stress cues influence professional messaging interactions and collaboration. The findings could provide implications for the design of socio-emotional cues in the context of messaging.

Empathy Social diction Socio-emotional cues Stress Telecommuting

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1.School of Art and Design,Xihua University,Chengdu,China
2.Research Center for Marketing & Supply Chain Management,Nyenrode Business University,Breukelen,Netherlands
3.Industrial Design Department,Eindhoven University of Technology,Eindhoven,Netherlands
4.School of Design,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China

Zhang，Ning,Yu，Bin,Hu，Jun,等. I'm not upset–I get it: Effects of co-workers' stress cues on help-seekers' social diction and empathy in telecommuting[J]. International Journal of Human Computer Studies,2024,185.

Zhang，Ning,Yu，Bin,Hu，Jun,Li，Min,&An，Pengcheng.(2024).I'm not upset–I get it: Effects of co-workers' stress cues on help-seekers' social diction and empathy in telecommuting.International Journal of Human Computer Studies,185.

Zhang，Ning,et al."I'm not upset–I get it: Effects of co-workers' stress cues on help-seekers' social diction and empathy in telecommuting".International Journal of Human Computer Studies 185(2024).