Professor Peter Totterdell (Psychology)
Email: P.Totterdell@sheffield.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0) 114 222 3234
Current Roles
Research Chair, Psychology.
International Advisory Board, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
Consulting Editor European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
Areas of Expertise
Emotion Regulation.
Mood Contagion.
Emotional Labour.
Affect and Well-Being at Work.
Social Networks in Organizations.
Work Schedules and Shiftwork.
New Forms of Work.
Diary Methods and Experience Sampling.
Current Areas of Research
Much of my research is directed at understanding and elucidating factors that influence the well-being and effectiveness of people at work. In particular the research focuses on the role of affect, including studying the processes through which employees influence the moods and emotions of colleagues and customers, and the impact this has on their well-being and performance. The research has involved a wide range of organisations and occupations, including nurses, police and security workers, teachers, professional cricketers, assembly line workers, and customer service staff. Currently I am leading a 4-yr ESRC project on Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (EROS) with co-investigators from five UK Universities (Sheffield, Oxford, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Reading). The project is examining a range of fundamental and applied problems concerning how people regulate their own emotions and the emotions of other people. See http://www.erosresearch.org
Qualifications
PhD Psychology (“Temporal Aspects of Well-Being”), Leicester University, 1996.
MSc Cognition, Computing and Psychology, Warwick University, 1984.
BSc Psychology, Leeds University, 1983.
Professional Affiliations
Member of Association for Psychological Science.
Miscellaneous Info
Current Grants:
ESRC Large Grant (RES-060250044). “Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (EROS): A Collaborative Research Network” (2008-2012). Principal investigator (involves investigators from 5 UK Universities). Amount: £2,167,970 (plus 3 attached studentships £209,170).
Website: http://www.erosresearch.orgExample Publications
Totterdell, P., Hershcovis, S., Niven, K., Reich, T., & Stride, C. B. (in press). Induced Emotion Regulation; How Others’ Interactions Can Leave You Drained. Work & Stress.
Holman, D., Totterdell, P., Axtell, C., Stride, C. B., Port, R., Svensson, R., & Zibarris, L. (in press) Employee innovation behaviors: The development of a measure. Journal of Business and Psychology
Niven, K., Totterdell, P., Stride, C. & Holman, D. (2011) Emotion Regulation of Others and Self (EROS): The Development and Validation of a New Measure. Current Psychology, 30(1), 53-73
Niven, K., Totterdell, P., & Holman, D. (2009). A classification of controlled interpersonal affect regulation strategies. Emotion, 9 , 498-509.
Holman, D., Axtell, C., Sprigg, C., Totterdell, P., & Wall, T. (2010) The mediating role of job characteristics in job redesign interventions: A serendipitous quasi-experiment. Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 30, 1-21.
Holman, D., Martinez-Iñigo, D, & Totterdell, P. (2008). Emotional labour, well-being and performance. In C. L. Cooper and S. Cartwright, The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-being (Eds.) (pp. 331-355). Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Holman, D., Martinez-Inigo, D, & Totterdell, P. (2008). Emotional labour and employee well-being: An integrative review. In N. Ashkanasy and C. L. Cooper (Eds), Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations (pp. 301-315). Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK.
Totterdell, P., Holman, D., & Hukin, A. (2008). Social networkers: Measuring and examining individual differences in propensity to connect with others. Social Networks, 30, 283-296.
Totterdell, P., & Kellett, S. (2008). Restructuring mood in cyclothymia using cognitive behavioral therapy: An intensive time-sampling study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 501-518.
Martinez-Indigo, D., Totterdell, P., Alcover, C. M., & Holman, D. (2007). Emotional labour and emotional exhaustion: interpersonal and intrapersonal mechanisms. Work and Stress, 21, 30-47.
Niven, K., Totterdell, P., & Holman, D. (2007). Changing moods and influencing people: The use and effects of emotional influence behaviours at HMP Grendon. Prison Service Journal, 173, 39-45.
Axtell, C. M., Parker, S. K., Holman, D., & Totterdell, P. (2007). Enhancing customer service: Perspective taking in a call center. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 16, 141-168.
Totterdell, P. (2006). Longitudinal research/experience sampling technique. In S. Rogelberg (Eds), Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Van-Leeson, T., Totterdell, P., & Parkinson, B. (2006). Moderating effects of mood monitoring on premenstrual dysphoria. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 1236-1247.
Totterdell, P. A., Wood, S. J., & Wall, T. D. (2006) An intra-individual test of the demands-control model: A weekly diary study of psychological strain in portfolio workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79, 63-84.
Clinton, M., Totterdell, P., & Wood, S. J. (2006). A grounded theory of portfolio working: Experiencing the smallest of small businesses. International Small Business Journal, 24, 179-203
Holman, D., Totterdell, P., & Rogelberg, S. G. (2005). A daily diary study of goal-striving: The relationship between goal distance, goal velocity, affect, expectancies and effort. In N. Ashkanasy, W. Zerbe, & C. Hartel (Eds), Research on Emotions in Organizations, Volume 1, The Effect of Affect in Organizational Settings (pp. 95-122). Oxford: Elsevier.
Sprigg, C. A., Totterdell, P., Kelly, A., & Walton, R. (2005). Artists and scientists: Dissemination and audience captivation. In J. Houdmont, & S. McIntyre (Eds), Occupational Health Psychology: Key Papers of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Maia: PUBLISMAI.
Van Eerde, W., Holman, D., & Totterdell, P. (2005). Diary studies in work psychology: Special section editorial. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 78, 151-154.
Totterdell, P. (2005). Ideas galore: Examining the moods of a modern caveman. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 272- 273.
Totterdell, P. (2005). Work schedules. In J. Barling, E. K. Kelloway, & M. R. Frone (Eds), Handbook of Work Stress. London: Sage.
Totterdell, P., Wall, T.D., Holman, D., Diamond, H. & Epitropaki, O. (2004). Affect networks: A structural analysis of the relationship between work ties and job-related affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 854-867.
Totterdell, P., & Holman, D. (2003). Emotion regulation in customer service roles: Testing a model of emotional labor. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 8, 55-73.
Briner, R. B., & Totterdell, P. (2002). The experience, expression and management of emotion at work. In P. Warr (Ed.), Psychology at Work. Fifth Edition (pp. 229-252). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Holman, D., Chissick, C., & Totterdell, P. (2002). The effects of performance monitoring on emotional labour and well-being in call centres. Motivation and Emotion, 26, 57-81.
Totterdell, P., Leach, D., Birdi, K., Clegg, C., & Wall, T. (2002). An investigation of the contents and consequences of major organizational innovations. International Journal of Innovation Management, 6, 343-368.
Totterdell, P., & Leach, D. (2001). Negative mood regulation expectancies and sports performance: An investigation involving professional cricketers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2, 249-265.
Totterdell, P. (2001). Links between time of day, sleep, and unhappy mood in early infancy: An intensive case study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19, 433-451.
Totterdell, P. (2000). Catching moods and hitting runs: Mood linkage and subjective performance in professional sport teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 848-859.
Owens, D. S., Macdonald, I., Tucker, P., Sytnik, N., Totterdell, P., Minors, D., Waterhouse, J., & Folkard, S. (2000). Diurnal variations in the mood and performance of highly practised young women living under strictly controlled conditions. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 41-60.