Are workplace friendships a mixed blessing? Exploring tradeoffs of multiplex relationships and their associations with job performance

JR Methot, JA Lepine, NP Podsakoff… - Personnel …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Theory and research note the ubiquity of multiplex workplace friendships—multifaceted
relationships that superimpose friendship with work‐focused interactions—but it is unclear …

Friends without benefits: Understanding the dark sides of workplace friendship

J Pillemer, NP Rothbard - Academy of Management Review, 2018 - journals.aom.org
Although many scholars and practitioners have assumed that workplace friendships lead to
desirable organizational outcomes, a growing body of research suggests important …

Examining the role of friendship for employee well-being

L Craig, L Kuykendall - Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustaining high-quality experiences across multiple life roles is essential for well-being.
While this has long been acknowledged in the work-nonwork literature, research to date has …

Friendships of women and men at work: Job satisfaction and resource implications

D Markiewicz, I Devine, D Kausilas - Journal of managerial …, 2000 - emerald.com
Interpersonal networks and quality of women and men's close work friendships in three work
settings were investigated to assess potential impact of gender socialization and …

Too much of a good thing?: Difficulties with workplace friendships

RL Morrison, T Nolan - University of Auckland Business Review, 2007 - search.informit.org
Having friends within the work context can provide support and sociability and a friendly
workplace is generally linked with positive organisational outcomes. However, this situation …

Are women tending and befriending in the workplace? Gender differences in the relationship between workplace friendships and organizational outcomes

RL Morrison - Sex roles, 2009 - Springer
This study investigated gender differences in the perceived benefits of workplace friendships
and the relationship between friendship factors and organizational outcomes. Four hundred …

The opportunity for friendship in the workplace: An underexplored construct

CM Riordan, RW Griffeth - Journal of business and psychology, 1995 - Springer
This paper hypothesized and tested a theoretically-based model of the relationship between
perceived friendship opportunities in the workplace and work-related outcomes. The …

High commitment work systems and employee well‐being: The roles of workplace friendship and task interdependence

Y Zhang, JM Sun, MA Shaffer… - Human Resource …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human resource (HR) practices are potent in shaping workplace social relationships, which
play a crucial role in employees' well‐being. While the role of formal relationships (ie …

Psychological contracts and informal networks in organizations: The effects of social status and local ties

GE Dabos, DM Rousseau - Human Resource Management, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Informal social networks in organizations shape how employees understand their
employment relationship. Networks can aid or undercut HR efforts to promote psychological …

Conflicts with friends: A multiplex view of friendship and conflict and its association with performance in teams

AC Hood, KS Cruz, DG Bachrach - Journal of Business and Psychology, 2017 - Springer
Drawing on conservation of resources theory, multiplex social networks research, and the
emerging conflict involvement perspective, the purpose of this study is to develop and test a …