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With a little help from my colleagues: A social embeddedness approach to perceived organizational support

✍ Scribed by James C. Hayton; Gianluca Carnabuci; Robert Eisenberger

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 134 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-3796
DOI: 10.1002/job.755

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Summary

We examined the role of social embeddedness in creating positive perceptions of organizational support among managerial and staff employees (n = 72) of a large manufacturing firm. We operationalized social embeddedness as the size, density, and quality of employees' networks of multiplex, reciprocated exchange relationships with colleagues. After controlling for support from supervisors and upper management, we found all three aspects of social embeddedness to be associated with perceived organizational support (POS). This research suggests that in addition to the top‐down influence of the organizational hierarchy, POS results from the organizational community within which employees are embedded through their social network in the workplace. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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