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Trahan, Amy Michelle.

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A social life perspective on work relationships.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A social life perspective on work relationships./
Author:	Trahan, Amy Michelle.
Description:	148 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Lloyd E. Sandelands.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-07B.
Subject:	Business Administration, Management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3224769
ISBN:	9780542791062

A social life perspective on work relationships.
Trahan, Amy Michelle.

A social life perspective on work relationships. - 148 p.

Adviser: Lloyd E. Sandelands.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2006.

Although social relationships are rich with feeling, most psychological research on groups and relationships views them more coldly. As a result, there are few studies accounting for the powerful emotional experience of belonging. In this dissertation, I suggest the alternative viewpoint of the social life perspective. The social life perspective considers the connections between people as living, dynamic forms filled with particular tensions. In addition to the three moments of social life recognized by Sandelands (2003), I identify ten elements of social life that characterize its appearance. The two dissertation studies empirically test the validity of the social life perspective, and examine its relationship to other variables.

ISBN: 9780542791062Subjects--Topical Terms:

626628
Business Administration, Management.

A social life perspective on work relationships.
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520 $a Although social relationships are rich with feeling, most psychological research on groups and relationships views them more coldly. As a result, there are few studies accounting for the powerful emotional experience of belonging. In this dissertation, I suggest the alternative viewpoint of the social life perspective. The social life perspective considers the connections between people as living, dynamic forms filled with particular tensions. In addition to the three moments of social life recognized by Sandelands (2003), I identify ten elements of social life that characterize its appearance. The two dissertation studies empirically test the validity of the social life perspective, and examine its relationship to other variables.
520 $a In Study 1, I survey 167 firefighters about their experiences of loving and hating work. I then code these stories in order to identify the moments and elements of social life. The results indicate that social life is central to the work experience, and that the moments of social life, particularly love and individuation, are identifiable in stories told by firefighters. Through qualitative analysis, I identify ten broad topics firefighters used to discuss social life, and also identify features of the moments of social life in concordance with the theory. I also find support for the hypothesized elements of social life and find that they significantly relate to the moments of social life. Finally, the results of Study 1 indicate that the moments of social life do not predict psychological well-being or work performance, although the negative elements of social life do predict lower scores on measures of affiliation with the organization.
520 $a In Study 2, untrained raters read and code each story as a test of whether the social life perspective echoes naive understandings of relationships. The results support the findings of Study 1, that the moments and elements of social life are present in stories about work. In particular, the moment of individuation seems visible to naive readers. Naive readers' ratings of the moments and elements of social life largely follow expert ratings. Finally, naive readers are more able to see social life in more beautifully told stories.
520 $a These two studies provide the first empirical exploration of the social life perspective. On the whole, they support the predictions of the theory as to the form and characteristics of social life. At the same time, these studies allow us to examine workplace relationships in a way that privileges their emotional nature. In doing so, these studies contribute to the psychological literature on groups as well as the social life perspective itself.
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