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- Title
Friendship at Work: Do Women and Men Have Different Perspectives on Its Influence on Productivity, Emotional Support and Career?
- Authors
Rangnekar, Rita
- Abstract
This paper explores the association of workplace friendship with productivity, emotional support at work, personal disclosure and career progression of co-workers, and the difference in the meaning of this association to women and men. After examining how workplace friendship originates and progresses, the study examines how women and men perceive its influence on productivity, career progression, workplace dynamics such as performance demands, growth and equity issues, compensation, rewards, hierarchy and job continuity. The study has been conducted through a literature review and a quantitative analysis after collecting data through a survey. The findings show that while workplace friendship may hold slightly different meaning to different genders, it works in favor of productivity, helps in reducing workplace loneliness and provides emotional support to co-workers in troubled times. The study also indicates that equity issues in reward and compensation may alter workplace relations with variations in the way different genders perceive them.
- Subjects
FRIENDSHIP; LITERATURE reviews; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 3, p7
- ISSN
0972-687X
- Publication type
Article