Workplace Romances between Senior- Level Executives and Lower-Level Employees: An Issue of Work Disruption and Gender
Workplace Romances between Senior- Level Executives and Lower-Level Employees: An Issue of Work Disruption and Gender
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10.1177/00187267015411005
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发表时间：
2001-11
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
G. Powell
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作者：
G. Powell
这项研究调查了同事对年长的已婚高级管理人员和年轻的单身低层员工之间的等级办公室恋情的反应。兼职 MBA 学生几乎全部都是全职工作，他们对随机分配的小插曲做出了回应，其中要求他们扮演两个浪漫伴侣的同事角色。职场恋情对参与者生产力的影响以及两名参与者的性别在小插图中被操纵，从而产生了 2 × 2 受试者间实验设计。与关于等级制职场恋情的性别刻板印象一致，受访者更有可能将工作动机归因于女性低级别员工而不是男性低级别员工。反过来，与工作干扰的观点一致，当受访者相信较低级别的参与者是出于工作担忧时，他们认为这种关系代表了组织更严重的问题。此外，当受访者认为这种关系对组织来说是一个更严重的问题时，他们更愿意管理层对双方参与者采取更强硬的行动，并自己采取更强硬的行动。然而，男性受访者在扮演同事角色时会比女性受访者采取更强的行动。这些结果表明，等级森严的职场恋情代表着工作中断和性别问题。
This study examined co-workers’ reactions to a hierarchical workplace romance between an older, married senior-level executive and a younger, single lower-level employee. Part-time MBA students, nearly all of whom were employed full time, responded to a randomly assigned vignette in which they were asked to assume the role of co-worker of the two romantic partners. The effect of the workplace romance on participants’ productivity and the gender of the two participants were manipulated in vignettes, resulting in a 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental design. Consistent with gender stereotypes about hierarchical workplace romances, respondents were more likely to attribute a job motive to a female lower-level employee than to a male lower-level employee. In turn, consistent with a work-disruption perspective, respondents regarded the relationship as representing a more serious problem for the organization when they believed that the lower-level participant was motivated by job concerns. Further, when respondents believed that the relationship represented a more serious problem for the organization, they preferred that management direct stronger action against both participants and would take stronger action themselves. However, male respondents would take stronger action in the role of co-worker than female respondents. These results suggest that hierarchical workplace romances represent an issue of both work disruption and gender.