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Rethinking Love at the Office: Antecedents and Consequences of Coworker Evaluations of Workplace Romances
Author(s) -
Alder G. Stoney,
Quist Douglas M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.21572
Subject(s) - workgroup , cognitive dissonance , psychology , social psychology , normative , organizational justice , romance , injustice , variety (cybernetics) , novelty , organizational commitment , political science , computer science , computer network , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , law
Researchers have pointed out a wide variety of organizational effects attributable to workplace romances, concluding that the impact of such romances on the workgroup can range from positive to negative. To date, however, little research has attempted to pinpoint the elements leading to this divergence. We suggest that coworker evaluation of a romance or anticipatory injustice may play a key role in influencing the positive or negative impact of the relationship on the workgroup at large. Our model proposes that three separate mechanisms (procedural fairness, intragroup cognitive dissonance, and normative adjustment), each corresponding to a different domain of evaluation, may mediate the apparent relationship between coworker evaluation of a romance and various aspects of group performance. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.