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As a customer, your emotions can rub off on employees. As an employee, you can catch others emotions. Learn how this can affect you. As a customer, your emotions can rub off on employees. As an employee, you can catch others emotions. Learn how this can affect you.

[00:00] Introduction

[01:12] Your attitude can influence your customer experience. 

[05:23] Deep acting and reframing the situation

[08:00] Angry customers

[11:00] Fun detour: Psychopaths & emotional contagion

References

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• Dallimore, K. S., Sparks, B. A., & Butcher, K. (2007). The Influence of Angry Customer Outbursts on Service Providers ’ Facial Displays and Affective States. Journal of Service Research, 10(1), 78–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094670507304694

• Luckhurst, C., Hatfield, E., & Gelvin-smith, C. (2017). Articles Capacity for Empathy and Emotional Contagion in Those With Psychopathic Personalities. Interpersona. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v11i1.247