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The Quality of Friendships at Work and Job Satisfaction

Barbara A. Winstead

Old Dominion University bawl00f{at}viper.mgb.odu.edu

Valerian J. Derlega

Old Dominion University

Melinda J. Montgomery

Old Dominion University

Constance Pilkington

College of William and Mary

The study examines the relationship between quality of a friendship at work and job satisfaction. Faculty and staff (N = 722) at two universities completed measures of the qualities of their best friendship at work and of job satisfaction. Multiple regressions for faculty and staff and for subjects whose best friend was a peer, supervisor or subordinate revealed that the quality of one's best friendship in the workplace is predictive of job satisfaction. A negative aspect of friendship, maintenance difficulty, was related to lower satisfaction for staff (but not faculty) and for workers whose best friend at work was a peer or supervisor. Wishing to spend free time with a best friend at work (voluntary interdependence) and an exchange orientation toward the friend were also negatively related to aspects of job satisfaction. The relationships between feelings about one's best friend at work and feelings about one's job are discussed.

Key Words: exchange orientation • friendship at work • friendship maintenance • job satisfaction • voluntary interdependence

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 12, No. 2, 199-215 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407595122003
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