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Attraction in Organizations: A Model of Workplace Romance
Abstract
Antecedents and consequences of participating in a romantic relationship in the workplace are critically examined. These factors are derived from social-psychological theories of interpersonal attraction, romantic attraction, love, emotion, and social exchange, as well as from previous research addressing romance in the workplace. The antecedent factors explain the processes by which romantic relationships develop between two members of the same organization, and the consequent factors highlight both the beneficial and detrimental effects that such relationships have on the participants, coworkers, and the host organization. Based on these formation and impact factors, a conceptual model of workplace romance is developed along with a series of testable propositions in order to facilitate and direct future research on romantic organizational behavior.
... Employees' proximity, and interactions across long work hours, create the setting for workplace romance (WR) (i.e., office romance, organizational romance). Such opportunities for interaction provide employees with the chance to become acquainted with each other's personalities, abilities, interests, and sentiments resulting in feelings of attraction, mutual affection, and appreciation (Ha et al., 2020;Lickey et al., 2009;Pierce, Byrne, & Aguinis, 1996;Riach & Wilson, 2008). ...
... Since the beginning of WR's emergence in scholarly literature, few studies have examined the key advantages, or consequences, of WR on employees and organizations, leading to contradicting discoveries about the effects of WR (Wilson, 2015;Sidhu et al., 2020). Contextually, WR studies have used the terms 'sexual-attraction' (Pierce et al., 1996) or sexual relationships (Khan et al., 2017) between individuals working in the same firm. For instance, Pierce and Aguinis (2001, p. 206) defined WR as 'mutually desired relationships involving sexual attraction between two employees of the same organization'. ...
... Emotional (e.g., love, romance, and affection) and physiological components (e.g., arousal) can trigger people to develop affection for the person they desire which often results in difficult-to-control emotions and physiological changes. These emotions and psychological changes can lead people to be happy and show caring, desire sexual relations, and increase the likelihood of falling in love (Morgan & Davidson, 2008;Pierce et al., 1996). Sternberg's (1986) Triangular Theory of Love articulates the physical and emotional components of love. ...
Workplace romance (WR), a terminology used to describe romantic relations between individuals in an organization, represents a phenomenon that has attracted academic attention for decades. However, despite its lure, the sensitive nature of WR has resulted in a limited quantity of empirical investigations, fragmented literary results, and an elusive understanding of how organizations should approach workplace romances. This study performs a systematic assessment of the WR research and uses an integrated approach to identify the antecedents, outcomes, and gaps in the literature to address in future WR research. Based on this conceptual backdrop, a CUPID (considerate, uncharacteristic, pragmatic, informed, and diligence) framework is proposed that may provide guidance for human resource managers grappling with WR.
... Workplace romance -a mutually agreed and welcomed romantic relationship between two employees working in the same organization that involves an intense longing for the romantic partner, passionate feelings of closeness, and desire for sex -is an undeniable workplace reality (Cole, 2009;Pierce et al., 1996;Wilson, 2015). Although past researchers (Mainiero & Jones, 2013;Pierce & Aguinis, 2003;Pierce et al., 1996;Powell & Foley, 1998;Quinn, 1977;Wilson, 2015) have acknowledged and highlighted the essential influences of workplace romance on employees' several work-related attitudes, behaviors and performance (Jung & Yoon, 2020), we know surprisingly little about how and why workplace romance is related to employees' job involvement and work effort. ...
... Workplace romance -a mutually agreed and welcomed romantic relationship between two employees working in the same organization that involves an intense longing for the romantic partner, passionate feelings of closeness, and desire for sex -is an undeniable workplace reality (Cole, 2009;Pierce et al., 1996;Wilson, 2015). Although past researchers (Mainiero & Jones, 2013;Pierce & Aguinis, 2003;Pierce et al., 1996;Powell & Foley, 1998;Quinn, 1977;Wilson, 2015) have acknowledged and highlighted the essential influences of workplace romance on employees' several work-related attitudes, behaviors and performance (Jung & Yoon, 2020), we know surprisingly little about how and why workplace romance is related to employees' job involvement and work effort. We understand work effort as employees' discretionary input in job-related activities and tasks beyond contractual obligations (Diefendorff et al., 2002;Podsakoff et al., 2009). ...
... The scarce literature on workplace romance is characterized by a lack of consensus on the relationship (positive or negative) between workplace romance and employees' workrelated attitudes and behaviors (Pierce et al., 1996;Willness et al., 2007). We understand that the gender differences can explain these variations, workplace romance types -homosexual (workplace romance between a same-sex couple) or heterosexual (workplace romance between an opposite-sex couple), lateral (workplace romance between peers who are in the same hierarchy), hierarchical (workplace romance between two employees who are at different hierarchy within the organization) (Chan-Serafin et al., 2017). ...
There is a lot of loving going on in the offices. The fact is that we are all human beings and when you put human beings together for 8 or 10 hours a day stuff is just going to happen which have its impact. This study examines the effect of lateral heterosexual workplace romance on employee performance. We examined the role of relational capital and knowledge acquisition as serial mediators in the relationship between workplace romance and employee performance. By collecting data in three rounds from 394 doctors working in Chinese hospitals through surveys and using structural equation modeling and bootstrapping, we found that lateral heterosexual workplace romance positively influences employee performance. We also found that the two serial mediators—relational capital, and knowledge acquisition—significantly mediate the effect of workplace romance on employee performance. Our study has important implications for managers and policymakers as the positive effects of a workplace romance are not confined to those involved; instead, these effects go beyond personal knowledge and job-related and psychological outcomes to have constructive, as well as affective influences in the form of positive emotions, care, trust, and reciprocity.
... Men tends to act more positively than female when it comes to romance in the workplace (Pierce et al., 1996;Powell, 1986). This research presents an exploratory assessment of workplace affairs using a qualitative approach to identify how motives and types of workplace affairs, linked on how it affect employee work behavior from a male employee experience. ...
Men tends to act more positively than female when it comes to romance in the workplace (Pierce et al., 1996; Powell, 1986). This research presents an exploratory assessment of workplace affairs using a qualitative approach to identify how motives and types of workplace affairs, linked on how it affect employee work behavior from a male employee experience. Social exchange theory and power dynamics approached are used to explain this phenomenon. Respondents were collected using purposive and snowball sampling methods due to the sensitive nature of the respondent criteria. The semi-structured, one-on-one in-depth interview was done to nine male employees who had and/or are engaging in workplace affair. Finding reveals motives and types of workplace affair linked to each other especially ego/fling motive with hierarchical type of relationship. Workplace affair does affect work behavior in vary ways. Additionally, male employee experienced negative effect despite them being superior or subordinate. A negative effect mentioned such as favoritism, power abused even workplace bullying. This study emphasizes more of workplace affair as the dark side of workplace romance thus enriched the findings of previous study regarding workplace affair in Indonesia especially from male employee experience.
... Peters et al. (2017) found that witnessing others' positive or negative deviance led to the instigation of gossip. In addition, a recurring theme that leads to gossip, as theorized in multiple articles, is the A REVIEW ON WORKPLACE GOSSIP 21 observation of close others' romantic lives (Mano & Gabriel, 2006;Pierce et al., 1996;Powell & Foley, 1998;Quinn, 1977). ...
The workplace gossip construct is currently divergently interpreted by organizational scholars, with perceptions of its origins, functions, and impacts varying widely. In this comprehensive narrative review, we seek to provide much needed clarity around the often studied and frequently demonstrated employee behavior of workplace gossip by synthesizing gossip studies conducted during the past four decades in both the organization and psychology literatures. The first section of our review considers measures, designs, and theoretical frameworks featured in these studies. In the second section, we consolidate and integrate research findings from the extant literatures into three emerging categories of gossip antecedents (intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational antecedents), four categories of gossip functions (information exchange, ego enhancement, social integration, and social segregation), and three categories of gossip consequences (consequences for gossip senders/recipients, for gossip targets, and beyond the triads). In the last section, we propose an integrative model to guide future investigations on the antecedents, functions, and consequences of workplace gossip. Our review aims to provide a clear overview of existing gossip research across the organization and psychology literatures and to highlight several important trends to open up various opportunities for future impactful workplace gossip scholarship.
... Huraian kelima jenis cinta yang dipaparkan oleh Fromm dapat dilihat pada setiap individu melalui hubungan antar sesama rekan, baik di rumah, kantor maupun di tempat peribadatan. Para peneliti telah mengembangkan model yang menjelaskan faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi hubungan asmara seseorang di tempat kerja (Pierce et al. 1996). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa romantisme di tempat kerja didorong oleh keunikan dari masing-masing pasangan. ...
Tempat kerja adalah tempat terbaik untuk menemukan pasangan cinta dan memiliki hubungan romantis. Hubungan asmara di tempat kerja menjadi fenomena umum dan berdampak pada produktivitas organisasi, motivasi kerja, dan proses pengambilan keputusan organisasi. Hubungan asmara di tempat kerja memiliki efek positif dan negatif pada organisasi. Hal-hal yang dipengaruhi oleh romantisme di tempat kerja meliputi: produktivitas, kepuasan kerja, suasana hati dan moral, dan sebagainya. Penelitian kualitatif ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan model konseptual faktor-faktor pemicu romansa di tempat kerja dan pengaruhnya terhadap kinerja karyawan, terutama pada karyawan dari Kementerian Tenaga Kerja Republik Indonesia. Pengambilan sampel akan dilakukan dengan teknik purposive dan snowball, sedangkan pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui triangulasi (gabungan). Analisis data bersifat induktif atau kualitatif dan hasil penelitian lebih menekankan pada makna daripada generalisasi.
... Množstvo času stráveného v práci, spoločné záujmy i známi môžu prispievať k tomu, že sa pracovisko stáva prostredím vhodným pre vznik romantických vzťahov. Výraz romantický vzťah na pracovisku popisuje vzťah medzi dvoma zamestnancami, bez ohľadu na ich pohlavie, pričom tento vzťah je obojstranne žiadaný a obsahuje v sebe isté prvky intimity, či už sexuálnej alebo fyzickej povahy (Pierce, Byrne, Aguinis, 1996;Powell, Foley, 1998). ...
Purpose
Social interaction is an essential determinant of self-esteem. However, studies have rarely examined the psychological mechanisms underlying social interaction and self-esteem or variations in the relationship between these factors under different levels of familiarity between interactants. Therefore, the present study filled this research gap by investigating the relationships between online social interaction, social exclusion, self-esteem, and familiarity as well as the mediating effect of social exclusion and the moderation effect of familiarity on the relationship between social interaction and self-esteem.
Design/methodology/approach
We employed snowball sampling for conveniently and efficiently sampling a broad range of social media users to investigate how online social interaction affected their self-esteem through the mediating effect of social exclusion and the moderation effect of familiarity.
Findings
An analysis of 390 valid questionnaires indicated that online social interaction was positively related to self-esteem. Moreover, the results indicated that this relationship was mediated by social exclusion and moderated by familiarity.
Originality/value
We recommend that social media developers avoid including a “read” mark in their applications because such a mark can result in negative emotions, negative behaviors, and social problems in users.
The study focuses on workplace romance in organizations and the consequences of workplace romance as perceived by employees. The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of workplace romance on employees' job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance. The data used in the study were obtained through a questionnaire from 581 employees working in different organizations in Jordan. The effect of workplace romance on job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance was evaluated using multiple regression analyses. As a result of the study, it was found that employees’ positive perception of workplace romance has a positive effect on both job satisfaction, job involvement and job performance.
Araştırmanın amacı, çalışanların işyeri arkadaşlığı algısı ve işe adanmışlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin anlamlılığının incelenmesidir. Bu amaçla araştırmaya İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sağlık ve Hıfzıssıhha Müdürlüğünde görev yapan 121 iş gören katılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında İşyeri Arkadaşlığı Ölçeği ve Utrecht İşe Adanmışlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Veriler SPSS programı üzerinde Faktör Analizi, Bağımsız Örnekler t-Testi, ANOVA ve Pearson Korelasyonu kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre katılımcıların işyerinde kurdukları arkadaşlıklara ilişkin değerlendirmeleri genel olarak olumludur. İşyeri arkadaşlığı cinsiyet, yaş, medeni durum gibi demografik faktörlerden etkilenmezken; eğitim seviyesi ve çalışılan birim işyeri arkadaşlığı üzerinde anlamlı farklılıklara yol açmaktadır. Öte yandan katılımcıların işe adanmışlık düzeylerinin de yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Yoğunlaşma, en düşük ortalamaya sahip alt boyut olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Medeni durum ve çalışılan birimin işe adanmışlığı anlamlı bir biçimde etkilediği görülmüştür. Son olarak, personelin algıladığı işyeri arkadaşlığı ile işe adanmışlık düzeyi arasında olumlu yönde ancak zayıf bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir.
