Chancellor Joseph, Layous Kristin, Margolis Seth, Lyubomirsky Sonja
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside.
Emotion. 2017 Dec;17(8):1166-1180. doi: 10.1037/emo0000311. Epub 2017 Mar 30.
Social interaction among employees is crucial at both an organizational and individual level. Demonstrating the value of recent methodological advances, 2 studies conducted in 2 workplaces and 2 countries sought to answer the following questions: (a) Do coworkers interact more with coworkers who have similar well-being? and, if yes, (b) what are the processes by which such affiliation occurs? Affiliation was assessed via 2 methodologies: a commonly used self-report measure (i.e., mutual nominations by coworkers) complemented by a behavioral measure (i.e., sociometric badges that track physical proximity and social interaction). We found that individuals who share similar levels of well-being (e.g., positive affect, life satisfaction, need satisfaction, and job satisfaction) were more likely to socialize with one another. Furthermore, time-lagged analyses suggested that clustering in need satisfaction arises from mutual attraction (homophily), whereas clustering in job satisfaction and organizational prosocial behavior results from emotional contagion. These results suggest ways in which organizations can physically and socially improve their workplace. (PsycINFO Database Record
员工之间的社交互动在组织和个人层面都至关重要。两项在两个工作场所和两个国家开展的研究展示了近期方法学进展的价值，旨在回答以下问题：（a）同事是否会与幸福感相似的同事有更多互动？如果是，那么（b）这种关联是通过什么过程发生的？关联通过两种方法进行评估：一种常用的自我报告测量方法（即同事之间的相互提名），并辅以一种行为测量方法（即追踪身体接近程度和社交互动的社会计量徽章）。我们发现，幸福感水平相似的个体（例如，积极情绪、生活满意度、需求满意度和工作满意度）更有可能相互交往。此外，时间滞后分析表明，需求满意度的聚集源于相互吸引（同质性），而工作满意度和组织亲社会行为的聚集则源于情绪感染。这些结果为组织在物理和社交方面改善工作场所提供了方法。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
