Organization Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 17, 2025

Positive work relationships often emerge when coworkers blur the boundaries of their and nonwork lives in interactions. A growing body scholarship suggests that such boundary blurring increasingly occurs a variety settings. However, existing research has drawn mixed conclusions about whether boundary-blurring interactions settings lead to beneficial or detrimental outcomes for coworker relationships. Through an inductive study users exercise platform Peloton, we build theory on how why interaction setting facilitates work-nonwork leads positive Our findings demonstrate informants perceive Peloton as having unique set characteristics filters out discomfort interacting with provides them new ways understanding potential These two processes enable function relational holding environment — social context reduces uncomfortable affect sensemaking. Experiencing motivates deepen forge broader across work-related silos. advances boundaries, relationships, psychodynamic literature environments. It also important implications managers employees navigate contexts facilitate

Язык: Английский