Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization

Social interactions are crucial at both an organizational and individual level such as collaboration. Homophily among employee arises from both individual preferences and selective opportunities for interaction in workplace. The purpose of this article is to outline how social interaction occur in...

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Main Authors: Maseli, Nor Aqilah, Abu Bakar, Hassan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling my.uum.repo.253792019-01-06T01:12:11Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25379/ Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization Maseli, Nor Aqilah Abu Bakar, Hassan HD28 Management. Industrial Management Social interactions are crucial at both an organizational and individual level such as collaboration. Homophily among employee arises from both individual preferences and selective opportunities for interaction in workplace. The purpose of this article is to outline how social interaction occur in a formal organizational structure with its job task requirement because we believed thatindividual will choose their interaction partners within business units, job function and offices. This leads us to expect to find a higher proportion of homophilous interactions within these organizational structures than across their boundaries 2018-03-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/25379/1/STMMTCPS%202018%20310%20315.pdf Maseli, Nor Aqilah and Abu Bakar, Hassan (2018) Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization. In: SMMTC Postgraduate Symposium 2018, 18-19 March 2018, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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Maseli, Nor Aqilah
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Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
description Social interactions are crucial at both an organizational and individual level such as collaboration. Homophily among employee arises from both individual preferences and selective opportunities for interaction in workplace. The purpose of this article is to outline how social interaction occur in a formal organizational structure with its job task requirement because we believed thatindividual will choose their interaction partners within business units, job function and offices. This leads us to expect to find a higher proportion of homophilous interactions within these organizational structures than across their boundaries
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Maseli, Nor Aqilah
Abu Bakar, Hassan
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Abu Bakar, Hassan
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title Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
title_short Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
title_full Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
title_fullStr Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
title_full_unstemmed Social Interactions in the Workplace: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
title_sort social interactions in the workplace: homophily and structure in a formal organization
publishDate 2018
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