Love in an Elevator: All About Workplace Romance

Apr 28, 2020 | The Indigo Podcast

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Here’s the episode:

We hope you laugh listening, as much as we did in prepping for this episode.  Shout out to Jordan J. in Washington D.C. for submitting quite a few ideas on this fun topic.  In a survey by CareerBuilder.com in 2009, 40% of respondents revealed that they have dated a coworker. Taboo?

We’re drawing upon a nice summary in the Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology written by Charles Pierce of the University of Memphis, also a good article in the MIT Sloan Management Review by John Pearce of Villanova University.

  • Different types of workplace romances and how they form

  • Impacts on the individual, team and broader organization

  • Implications–what should we do and not do…

photo credit: Grey’s Anatomy

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Links and Other Information

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Pearce4/publication/294452477_What_Execs_Don’t_Get_About_Office_Romance/links/5743510e08ae298602f0ed69.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/SAGE-Encyclopedia-Industrial-Organizational-Psychology/dp/1483386899/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0/143-0708454-3572853?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1483386899&pd_rd_r=e1208905-2175-401f-bdd3-9c0aca3900ee&pd_rd_w=GeGnM&pd_rd_wg=bNhgH&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=21R6K4C4550824MMFAD5&psc=1&refRID=21R6K4C4550824MMFAD5

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