Pride is often felt in the work context, but should it be shown to others? Pride displays communicate one’s own success and status, but can show a lack of interpersonal sensitivity. This double-edged nature of pride is not fully understood in organizational contexts; we do not know under what conditions pride displays are beneficial, or detrimental, to career advancement, team dynamics, and leader influence. In this article we integrate signaling theory with sensory habituation and sensitization concepts to develop a new contextualized model of pride at work. Specifically, we propose that pride displays are signals for two primary social judgments that have important implications for organizations: competence and warmth. We make the case that, while pride display under conditions of information asymmetry (lack of information about the sender) signals competence, repeated displays hasten habituation to that signal and instead foster sensitization to a (low) interpersonal warmth signal. Furthermore, additional characteristics of the sender, receiver and audience determine the signaling of these two social judgments from pride. This model advances theory by contextualizing the social function of pride, and suggests new research directions for emotion regulation, impression management, and the rise and fall in social hierarchies, with implications for newcomers, teamwork, and leadership in today’s workplace.

在工作环境中常常会感到自豪，但是应该向他人展示吗？骄傲的展示传达了自己的成功和地位，但可能缺乏人际关系的敏感性。在组织环境中，这种自豪的双刃本质尚未得到充分理解。我们不知道在什么情况下，骄傲的表现对职业发展，团队动力和领导者影响是有益的还是有害的。在本文中，我们将信号理论与感觉习惯和敏感性概念相结合，以开发一种新的情境化的工作自豪感模型。具体来说，我们认为骄傲展示是两个对组织有重要影响的主要社会判断的信号：能力和热情。我们认为，尽管在信息不对称（缺乏有关发件人的信息）条件下的骄傲显示信号胜任力时，重复显示却加快了对该信号的习惯，反而促进了对（低）人际交往信号的敏感性。此外，发送者，接收者和听众的其他特征决定了这两种社会判断的自豪感。该模型通过背景化自豪感的社会功能来推进理论发展，并为情绪调节，印象管理以及社会等级制度的兴衰提出了新的研究方向，对当今工作场所的新人，团队合作和领导能力产生了影响。发送者，接收者和听众的其他特征决定了这两种社会判断的信号。该模型通过背景化自豪感的社会功能来推进理论发展，并为情绪调节，印象管理以及社会等级制度的兴衰提出了新的研究方向，对当今工作场所的新人，团队合作和领导能力产生了影响。发送者，接收者和听众的其他特征决定了这两种社会判断的信号。该模型通过背景化自豪感的社会功能来推进理论发展，并为情绪调节，印象管理以及社会等级制度的兴衰提出了新的研究方向，对当今工作场所的新人，团队合作和领导能力产生了影响。