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The HoneyComb Paradigm for Research on Collective Human Behavior
Published on: January 19, 2019
Personal Workplace Relationships: Unifying an Understudied Area of Organizational and Personal Life
Rebecca M Chory1, Sean M Horan2
1Department of Management, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 21532, USA.
Abstract:
Relationships that cross the work-life domain have long been of interest to scholars in multiple disciplines, including Communication, Management, and Psychology. Close relationships that span work-life borders are called personal workplace relationships. Personal workplace relationships are voluntary informal relationships between two members of the same organization. These relationships are mutual and consensual and have a relatively strong emotional component. They involve the partners knowing and communicating with each other as unique individuals. The goal of this Special Issue ("Personal Workplace Relationships: Implications for Work and Life in a Rapidly Changing Society") is to explore this specific form of work-life intersection. To that end, we present the scholarly work of researchers from diverse backgrounds who share the goal of better understanding workplace relationships. In this opening essay, we describe how we began to study this area, we preview the articles in this Special Issue, and we conclude with recommendations for future research on personal workplace relationships.
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