An Episodic Process Model of Affective Influences on Performance.

TLDR

The authors introduce an episodic process model that links immediate affective experiences to within‑person performance and outline its limitations, future directions, and practical implications. The model defines a performance‑episode time structure, analyzes core cognitive and regulatory processes governing performance within an episode, and shows how emotions and moods modulate these intermediary processes to influence performance.

Abstract

In this article, the authors present a model linking immediate affective experiences to within-person performance. First, the authors define a time structure for performance (the performance episode) that is commensurate with the dynamic nature of affect. Next, the authors examine the core cognitive and regulatory processes that determine performance for 1 person during any particular episode. Third, the authors describe how various emotions and moods influence the intermediary performance processes, thereby affecting performance. In the final section of the article, the authors discuss limitations, future research directions, and practical implications for their episodic process model of affect and performance.