Struck by a cupid’s arrow: The conjuring bliss and sinister shades of employee workplace romance

Amitabh Anand, Jessica L. Doll, Piera Centobelli, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Roberto Cerchione

Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 154, issue C

Abstract: Workplace romance (WR), a terminology used to describe romantic relations between individuals in an organization, represents a phenomenon that has attracted academic attention for decades. However, despite its lure, the sensitive nature of WR has resulted in a limited quantity of empirical investigations, fragmented literary results, and an elusive understanding of how organizations should approach workplace romances. This study performs a systematic assessment of the WR research and uses an integrated approach to identify the antecedents, outcomes, and gaps in the literature to address in future WR research. Based on this conceptual backdrop, a CUPID (considerate, uncharacteristic, pragmatic, informed, and diligence) framework is proposed that may provide guidance for human resource managers grappling with WR.

Keywords: Workplace romance; Organizational romance; Corporate romance; Office romance: employee romance; Workplace intimacy; Workplace love; Human resource policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113304

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