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Relationships in Organizations

A Work Psychology Perspective

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Rachel L. Morrison

    1. Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

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  2. Helena D. Cooper-Thomas

    1. Postgraduate Studies in Industrial Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Maximizing the Good and Minimizing the Bad: Relationships in Organizations

    • Rachel L. Morrison, Helena D. Cooper-Thomas
    Pages 1-7

  3. Love is in the Air: Romantic Relationships at Work

    • Fiona M. Wilson
    Pages 8-27

  4. Guanxi in Organizations: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on an Enduring Construct

    • Kevin Lo, Shaohui (Sophie) Chen, Marie Wilson
    Pages 28-46

  5. Relationships and Organizational Politics

    • Darren C. Treadway, Jeffrey R. Bentley, Angela S. Wallace, Stephanie R. Seitz, Brooke A. Shaughnessy
    Pages 47-73

  6. The Influential Subordinate: An Oxymoron or a Daily Necessity?

    • Susan Geertshuis, Rachel L. Morrison, Helena D. Cooper-Thomas
    Pages 74-106

  7. The People Make the Place, and They Make Things Happen: Proactive Behavior and Relationships at Work

    • Jennifer B. Farrell, Karoline Strauss
    Pages 107-136

  8. Gender and Workplace Relationships

    • Barbara A. Winstead, Valerie N. Streets
    Pages 137-170

  9. Virtually There: The Paradox of Proximity

    • Darl G. Kolb
    Pages 171-192

  10. Collégial Relationships and Social Support in Organizations

    • Misty M. Bennett, Terry A. Beehr
    Pages 193-217

  11. When Workplaces Go Sour — Bullying at Work

    • Dianne Gardner, Michael P. O’Driscoll, Tim Bentley, Bevan Catley, Helena D. Cooper-Thomas, Linda Trenberth
    Pages 218-238

  12. Understanding Leading, Leader–Follower Relations, and Ethical Leadership in Organizations

    • Flora F. T. Chiang, Thomas A. Birtch
    Pages 239-267

  13. Relationships in Family Business: The Paradox of Family Organizations

    • Marcus Ho, Christine Woods, Deborah Shepherd
    Pages 268-298

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 299-303
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About this book

This book is an exploration into the current world of relationships in the workplace. It focuses on the ways in which organizational relationships – be they friendships, superior-subordinate relationships, negative relationships, romantic liaisons or simply membership to a social network – can influence and affect our experience of work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

    Rachel L. Morrison

  • Postgraduate Studies in Industrial Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Helena D. Cooper-Thomas

About the editors

Dr Rachel Morrison runs the Organizational Behavior program within the Business School of AUT University, New Zealand. She is an active and founding member of the Wellbeing and Performance Research Group within the NZ Work Research Institute (NZWRI). Her degrees are in Psychology and Organizational Psychology and she has previously taught within psychology departments at the University of Auckland and Massey University. She has published articles in a variety of academic Management and Psychology journals and co-edited a previous, related volume Friends and Enemies in Organizations: A Work Psychology Perspective. Dr Morrison's research interests include workplace relationships, friendship formation, engagement, social capital and liability, and social networks.

 
Helena Cooper-Thomas is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Studies in Industrial Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Helena's research interests focus primarily on new employees and employee-employer relations. She publishes in the areas of newcomer adjustment and organizational socialization, the development of the psychological contract and person-organization fit, work engagement, and stress and bullying. She has published her research in a number of respected applied psychology, organizational behaviour, and human resources journals including Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Vocational Behavior. Helena has also provided consulting to a range of private and public sector organizations in various countries.

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