Quantifying and Qualifying the Links that Bind

Presenter Information

Jared DirghalliFollow

Department

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Employees’ links to organizations and coworkers represent an important factor related to many work-related constructs in the Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology literature. Often, I-O researchers conceptualize these employee links through either the number of workplace links or an employee’s perceived social support. However, these conceptualizations are potentially limited. Research into Social Network Analysis has investigated different quality dimensions in links (e.g., link strength and valence) which can significantly influence outcomes in social, workplace, and general well-being. Thus, the present proposed thesis project seeks to explore whether incorporating these quality dimensions of link strength and link valence adds any incremental utility to our understanding of workplace constructs.

Date

October 2017

Subject

Industrial and organizational psychology

Document Type

posters

Language

English

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License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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Quantifying and Qualifying the Links that Bind

Employees’ links to organizations and coworkers represent an important factor related to many work-related constructs in the Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology literature. Often, I-O researchers conceptualize these employee links through either the number of workplace links or an employee’s perceived social support. However, these conceptualizations are potentially limited. Research into Social Network Analysis has investigated different quality dimensions in links (e.g., link strength and valence) which can significantly influence outcomes in social, workplace, and general well-being. Thus, the present proposed thesis project seeks to explore whether incorporating these quality dimensions of link strength and link valence adds any incremental utility to our understanding of workplace constructs.