ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the perceptions of team mood as a predictor of interpersonal trust. Moods and emotions are affective states or feelings that inform individuals of their general state of being as they go about their day and interact with others. Mood impacts trust development through cognitive, motivational, and behavioral sources. Considering the positive implications that increased trust has in multinational team settings, the chapter also examines mood as a factor influencing judgments of trust in an interdependent team task composed of team members from various cultural and national backgrounds. The positive and negative affect schedule was used to assess not only individual mood, but the overall perceived mood of the team. Positive mood at the team level was expected to be related to higher trust. Multicultural team settings have become a mainstay in military environments. A pattern of results emerged when considering the link between team mood and trust.
