Chory Rebecca M, Horan Sean M
Department of Management, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 21532, USA.
Department of Communication, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Sep 13;13(9):760. doi: 10.3390/bs13090760.
Relationships that cross the work-life domain have long been of interest to scholars in multiple disciplines, including Communication, Management, and Psychology. Close relationships that span work-life borders are called . Personal workplace relationships are voluntary informal relationships between two members of the same organization. These relationships are mutual and consensual and have a relatively strong emotional component. They involve the partners knowing and communicating with each other as unique individuals. The goal of this Special Issue ("Personal Workplace Relationships: Implications for Work and Life in a Rapidly Changing Society") is to explore this specific form of work-life intersection. To that end, we present the scholarly work of researchers from diverse backgrounds who share the goal of better understanding workplace relationships. In this opening essay, we describe how we began to study this area, we preview the articles in this Special Issue, and we conclude with recommendations for future research on personal workplace relationships.
跨越工作与生活领域的关系长期以来一直受到包括传播学、管理学和心理学在内的多个学科的学者的关注。跨越工作与生活边界的亲密关系被称为……。个人职场关系是同一组织内两名成员之间自愿形成的非正式关系。这些关系是相互的且基于双方自愿，并有相对强烈的情感成分。它们涉及到双方作为独特个体相互了解并进行交流。本期特刊（“个人职场关系：对快速变化社会中工作与生活的影响”）的目标是探讨这种工作与生活交叉的特定形式。为此，我们展示了来自不同背景的研究人员的学术成果，他们有着更好地理解职场关系这一共同目标。在这篇开篇文章中，我们描述了我们是如何开始研究这一领域的，预览了本期特刊中的文章，并以对个人职场关系未来研究的建议作为结尾。
