Blended relationships: Friends as work associates

Most human personal relationship researchers ignore the social background embedded in human relations. This research examines mixed relationships from the point of view of relational dialect, that is, from close friends who are embedded in the same work environment. Investigation of open and closed projects was done by 162 adults who have close friends as work partners. Five dialectical tensions have been identified: autonomy - connection, equality - inequality, justice - preference, judgment - acceptance and opening - closure. The total amount of tension in the dual role reported has a positive relationship to the organizationalization of the organization and a negative relationship to intimacy. Mixed partners reduce tension and enhance workforce cohesion while managing dual role tensions through role integration. Friends with unequal status are more likely than friends with equivalent status to manage their dual role tension through the choice.

A complicated relationship is a close friend and part of the same work environment. Dialectic tension arises in the organization. Because individuals try to balance their role as employees while maintaining a clear friendship in their profession. However, friends do not have to experience dialectical contradictions within the organization. Human needs and desires are opposite, so stress is often generated at the individual level. As a part of the transition to adulthood when brothers and sisters get out of their families for the first time, the dialectic method can be applied when considering major changes in family life experienced by brothers and sisters. When older brother and sister start a new phase of life, this change often involves new friendships, romantic relationships in new lifestyles, and new geographical separation, both of which lead to changes in communication.

Most human personal relationship researchers ignore the social background embedded in human relations. This research examines mixed relationships from the point of view of relational dialect, that is, from close friends who are embedded in the same work environment. Investigation of open and closed projects was done by 162 adults who have close friends as work partners. Five dialectical tensions have been identified: autonomy - connection, equality - inequality, justice - preference, judgment - acceptance and opening - closure. The total amount of tension in the dual role reported has a positive relationship to the organizationalization of the organization and a negative relationship to intimacy. Mixing friends will reduce the tension and enhance the cohesiveness of the labor force while managing the dual role tension through role integration.