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Crying at work — we've all done it.

So, when something negative happens at work, like a bad performance review, what can you do to save face after shedding a few tears?

Julia Lee, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan's Center for Positive Organizations and soon-to-be assistant professor at the Ross School of Business, researched crying at work in a new study.

When you cry about something bad happening to you on the job, it's because you care, Lee said. Typically, people apologize for crying, attributing it to their own tendency to be emotional.

Lee and her colleagues decided¹ to study how to give individuals more control after crying at work. The study revealed that workers could reframe an emotional moment by talking about their passion for the job.

"By attributing it to passion, we found that people perceive you as having more self-control," Lee said.

Even after crying, the study found that "you can still change or manage the effect of you crying in front of everyone by telling a story about that in a slightly different way," Lee said.

Lee said she hopes the study will help workplaces become more compassionate² and accepting of exchanging true emotions.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。