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Romantic Relationships at Work: Perceived Changes in Job‐Related Behaviors as a Function of Participant's Motive, Partner's Motive, and Gender
Author(s) -
Dillard James P.,
Broetzmann Scott M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1989.tb00047.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , romance , association (psychology) , function (biology) , id, ego and super ego , evolutionary biology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , biology
It is frequently assumed that intimate relationships between members of the same organization inevitably prove harmful to organizational functioning. This paper challenges that assumption by examining the association between three motives for entering a relationship (love, ego, job) and four job‐related behaviors. The data suggest that (a) although positive and negative changes in job‐related behaviors do occur, they are generally small, and (b) they can be predicted, in part, by the motives for entering the relationship and, in part, by the gender of the relational participant.