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Understanding New Era Workplace Relationships: Insights From Employee Engagement Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2018

Patrick Hyland*
Affiliation:
Research & Development, Mercer|Sirota
Anthony W. Caputo
Affiliation:
Research & Development, Mercer|Sirota
David Reeves
Affiliation:
Consulting, Mercer|Sirota
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Patrick Hyland, Mercer|Sirota, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. E-mail: patrick.hyland@mercer.com

Extract

In their focal article, Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu (2018) argue that the foundational assumptions of social exchange theory (SET) should be revisited and revised because of recent changes in the workplace and the workforce. Using employee engagement data from recent research projects conducted in applied settings, we investigated a series of questions based on Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu's working hypotheses.

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2018 

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