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Workplace Relationships and Social Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2018

Clare L. Barratt  and
Claire E. Smith
Clare L. Barratt*
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
Claire E. Smith
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Clare L. Barratt, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. E-mail: cbarrat@bgsu.edu
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As described in Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu's (2018) focal article, the workplace has changed tremendously over the past few decades. These changes, undoubtedly, have affected how individuals interact and build relationships in the workplace. We live in a “networked society,” where the advances in technology and subsequent spread of communication and information have reorganized the way individuals are connected to one another (Castells, 2004; Wellman, 1999). In other words, we exist in complex networks, where underlying interconnections and interdependencies are the keys to scientific understanding. In their focal article, Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu highlight the need to adapt social exchange theories and research to incorporate the change in workplace relationships resulting from advances in technology and changes in the global market and workforce (e.g., freelancers, contract workers).

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 510 - 516
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2018 

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