Workplace Romance: A Justice Analysis

Cole, Nina D.

doi:10.1007/s10869-009-9117-1

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“…In what appears to be the only empirical study examining WR and organizational justice, Cole (2009) found that employees perceived management's inaction to workplace dating to be fair unless the romance had a negative effect on the workplace, the individuals involved in the romance worked in the same department, or the organization had a WR policy. Perhaps most interesting is that none of the respondents identified any positive effects of WR.…”

Section: Unfair Advantagesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Mixing Pleasure with Work: Employee Perceptions of and Responses to Workplace Romance

Malachowski

Chory

Claus³

2012

Western Journal of Communication

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This study examined organizational members' perceptions of and responses to workplace romance. In this 2 Â 4 experimental design, 212 working adults reported their beliefs and communication-related responses to a hypothetical male or female coworker dating an organizational peer, superior, subordinate, or individual unaffiliated with the organization. Employees perceived peers dating superiors to be more driven by job motives, less driven by love motives, and more likely to receive unfair advantages due to their romance than peers dating individuals of other status types. Employees also reported a higher likelihood of engaging in information manipulation with and reported less trust in peers dating superiors than peers with romantic partners of other status types. Finally, job and love motives, perceptions of peers enjoying unfair advantages due to their romance, and peer trust mediated the relationships between the status of the organizational peer's partner and coworkers' self-disclosure and deception with the peer.

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Section: Unfair Advantagesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Mixing Pleasure with Work: Employee Perceptions of and Responses to Workplace Romance

Malachowski

Chory

Claus³

2012

Western Journal of Communication

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“…In interviews with employees who worked in the presence of a workplace romance, N. Cole (2009) found that employees reported no positive effects of the romance. Greenberg (1998) helps shed light on what may be driving these negative perceptions.…”

Section: Workplace Romancementioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Work/Life Blending: Credibility Implications for Those Who Date at Work

Horan

Chory

2011

Communication Studies

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This study examined the credibility implications of employees who date at work. A 2 (status dynamic of the romance) Â 2 (sex of the peer) design was used to examine effects of workplace romance on perceptions of credibility. One hundred and forty full-time working adults assessed the credibility of a hypothetical coworker who was involved in a workplace romance. Results indicate that peers who date superiors are viewed as less caring and less trustworthy than are peers who date equal status employees. Sex and status interacted such that women dating superiors versus peers were perceived as less caring and less trustworthy, whereas perceptions of men did not differ based on the status of their relational partners. Limitations and future research are discussed.

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“…It can create more relaxed and happier work environments (Biggs et al, 2012) and can soften personality conflicts because the workplace romance partners are more content and easier to get along with. It can improve teamwork, communication, and cooperation (Cole, 2009). In addition, some organizations experience lower turnover, because married employees who work in the same company tend to stay with the company (Wilson, Filosa, & Fennel, 2003).…”

Section: Romance At Workmentioning

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The nexus between informal relationships at work and employee retention: a review

Priyasad

Weerasinghe

2018

Kelaniya J. Hum. Res. Mgt.

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The present paper reviews and summarizes the key findings ofresearch on the effect of informal relationships at work on employee retention featuring the main three aspects of informal relationships at work: friendship; romance and negative relationships. Building on Maslow's (1954) hierarchy of needs theory, a narrative literature review of all the relevant research papers known to the authors was conducted. It is found that friendship at the workplace is positively correlated with employee retention whereas negative relationships at the workplace inversely effect on employee retention. However, the underline relationships between romance at the workplace and employee retention is not clear and consistent in extant literature, so that, it remains yet to be investigatedfurther in future research studies.The findings ofthe current review support the general notion that workplace is not a mere place to come and work, but it is a complex societal system through which people try to fulfill their social needs, included relationships at the workplace.

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Workplace Romance: A Justice Analysis

Cited by 42 publications

References 21 publications

Mixing Pleasure with Work: Employee Perceptions of and Responses to Workplace Romance

Mixing Pleasure with Work: Employee Perceptions of and Responses to Workplace Romance

Understanding Work/Life Blending: Credibility Implications for Those Who Date at Work

The nexus between informal relationships at work and employee retention: a review

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