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The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees
Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41502 The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees Terblanche, Lourie hennieverhoef@gmail.com Verhoef, H.P. (Hendrika Petronella) Employee assistance programmes Workplace Romance Dissolved Breakdown Employees Psycho-social Benefits Interventions UCTD Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Workplace romances (WRs) have become a common occurrence and growing trend in today’s work-oriented culture. People are spending more time at work and in close proximity to their work colleagues which provides the ideal stage for romantic relationships to develop. Whilst on the one hand, WRs could have beneficial consequences for the individuals or organisations involved, they could also on the other hand be a problematic occurrence for some employers. The reason is that WRs have the risk of ending badly and that could open a field of possible complicated legal, emotional, ethical or productivity consequences. In the light of this problem, the general objective of this study is to explore the effects of dissolved romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees at an industrial clothing factory in Cape Town in 2012/13 and also to explore the consequent need for appropriate intervention through the existing employee assistance programmes (EAP). The study followed a qualitative research approach in that it covered detailed descriptions of involved employees’ experiences of their psychosocial functioning and productivity in the workplace amidst a relationship breakdown. A collective case study design was utilised because of its aims to understand a social issue, namely the breakdown of romantic relationships in the workplace, and studied the experiences and perceptions of a group of individuals affected by this phenomenon. The researcher conducted a word and concept analysis and an extensive literature study. This enabled the researcher to draw up a framework for the semi-structured interview schedule which was used to collect data. lmchunu2014 Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2014-08-21T12:45:50Z 2014-08-21T12:45:50Z 2014-04-16 2013 Mini Dissertation Verhoef, HP 2014, The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees, MSW dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41502> F14/4/491/lm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41502 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Employee assistance programmes Workplace Romance Dissolved Breakdown Employees Psycho-social Benefits Interventions UCTD The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title | The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title_full | The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title_fullStr | The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title_short | The effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| title_sort | effect of dissolved workplace romances on the psychosocial functioning and productivity of involved employees |
| topic | Employee assistance programmes Workplace Romance Dissolved Breakdown Employees Psycho-social Benefits Interventions UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41502 |