Supported, detached, or marginalized? The ambivalent role of social capital on stress at work
| Autor: | Myra Sader, Barthelemy Chollet, Sébastien Brion, Olivier Trendel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie (IREGE), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique (CRET-LOG), Aix Marseille Université (AMU) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Bridging (networking)
Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Ambivalence Dual (category theory) Interpersonal ties Social support Great Rift 0502 economics and business [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration 050211 marketing Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Social capital |
| Zdroj: | European Management Journal European Management Journal, Elsevier, 2021, ⟨10.1016/j.emj.2021.03.002⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0263-2373 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.emj.2021.03.002⟩ |
| Popis: | Relationships with work colleagues can mitigate job stress; this article proposes a new perspective on such effects, in accordance with social capital theory, to delineate the potentially distinct impacts of the two dimensions of relational and structural social capital. A partial least squares analysis of network data in a medium-sized company (N = 343) offers evidence of an effect of the relational dimension (tie strength), through social support. The structural dimension (bridging ties, i.e. whether an employee has social ties with members of other departments) reveals a dual effect involving reduced stress but also diminished social support, which can increase stress. These dual effects reflect the two levels on which bridging ties act, namely, cognitive (selfdistancing) and social (marginalization from the immediate work context) levels. Next, with two scenario-based experiments (N = 289 and 245), the authors manipulate bridging ties and gain further evidence of the proposed mechanisms. These findings highlight the social underpinnings of stress and the critical role of the structure, not just the quality, of work relationships. They also identify a dark side of bridging ties, which can enhance individual performance but also create the potential for negative wellbeing outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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