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Love at the Office? Understanding Workplace Romance Disclosures and Reactions from the Coworker Perspective

Renee L. Cowan Department of Communication, University of Texas at San AntonioCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sean M. Horan College of Communication, DePaul UniversityView further author information
Pages 238-253 | Published online: 05 Feb 2014

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Sean M. Horan, Renee L. Cowan & Emmalene G. Carberry. (2019) Spillover Effects: Communication Involved with Dissolved Workplace Romances. Communication Studies 70:5, pages 564-581.
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M. Chad McBride & Karla Mason Bergen. (2015) Work Spouses: Defining and Understanding a “New” Relationship. Communication Studies 66:5, pages 487-508.
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Renee L. Cowan & Sean M. Horan. (2014) Why Are You Dating Him? Contemporary Motives for Workplace Romances. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication 15:1, pages 9-16.
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Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan, Jianguo Du, Farooq Anwar, Sikandar Ali Qalati, Muhammad Waqas & Shuja Iqbal. (2022) Relationship between workplace romance, job involvement, and work effort: moderating roles of gender and workplace romance types. Current Psychology 42:15, pages 12359-12373.
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Amitabh Anand, Jessica L. Doll, Piera Centobelli, Sanjay Kumar Singh & Roberto Cerchione. (2023) Struck by a cupid’s arrow: The conjuring bliss and sinister shades of employee workplace romance. Journal of Business Research 154, pages 113304.
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Rebecca M. Chory, Lisa Mainiero & Sean M. Horan. (2022) Workplace Romance and Career Reputation Effects across Industries. International Journal of Business Communication, pages 232948842211008.
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Jalayer Khalilzadeh & Abraham Pizam. (2021) Workplace romance across different industries with a focus on hospitality and leisure. International Journal of Hospitality Management 94, pages 102845.
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Renee L. Cowan & Sean M. Horan. (2017) Understanding Information and Communication Technology Use in Workplace Romance Escalation and De-Escalation. International Journal of Business Communication 58:1, pages 55-78.
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Claude-Hélène Mayer. 2021. International Handbook of Love. International Handbook of Love 845 869 .
Rebecca M. Chory & Hailey Gillen Hoke. (2020) Coworkers’ Perceptions of, and Communication With, Workplace Romance Participants: Proposing and Testing a Model. International Journal of Business Communication, pages 232948842090832.
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Ödül BozkurtRachel Lara Cohen. (2018) Repair work as good work: Craft and love in classic car restoration training. Human Relations 72:6, pages 1105-1128.
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Suzanne Chan-Serafin, Lydia Teo, Amirali Minbashian, David Cheng & Lu Wang. (2016) The perils of dating your boss. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 34:3, pages 309-333.
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Erika L. Kirby. 2017. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication 1 21 .
Susanne Johansson, Göran Kenttä & Mark B Andersen. (2016) Desires and taboos: Sexual relationships between coaches and athletes. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 11:4, pages 589-598.
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