Are Workplace Friendships a Mixed Blessing? Exploring Tradeoffs of Multiplex Relationships and their Associations with Job Performance

Theory and research note the ubiquity of multiplex workplace friendships—multifaceted relationships that superimpose friendship with work‐focused interactions—but it is unclear how they compel or hinder job performance. In a study of insurance company employees (n = 168), we found that the number of...

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Published in:Personnel psychology 2016-07, Vol.69 (2), p.311-355
Main Authors: Methot, Jessica R., Lepine, Jeffery A., Podsakoff, Nathan P., Christian, Jessica Siegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employees
Friendship
Job performance
Performance appraisal
Social Networks
Work environment
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