WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE IN CYBERSPACE: HOW BOUNDARY WORK IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS IMPACTS PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ollier-Malaterre, Ariane; Rothbard, Nancy P.; Berg, Justin M.
• 署名单位: University of Quebec; University of Quebec Montreal; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0235
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 645-669
• 关键词: self-disclosure; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; Impression management; PERSONAL PROJECTS; STATUS DISTANCE; IDENTITY; enhancement; verification; ORGANIZATIONS; performance

摘要

As employees increasingly interact with their professional contacts in online social networks that are personal in nature, such as Facebook or Twitter, they are likely to experience a collision of their professional and personal identities unique to this new and expanding social space. In particular, online social networks present employees with boundary management and identity negotiation opportunities and challenges because they invite nontailored self-disclosure to broad audiences while offering few of the physical and social cues that normally guide social interactions. How and why do employees manage the boundaries between their professional and personal identities in online social networks, and how do these behaviors impact the way they are regarded by professional contacts? We build a framework to theorize about how work-nonwork boundary preferences and self-evaluation motives drive the adoption of four archetypical sets of online boundary management behaviors (open, audience, content, and hybrid) and the consequences of these behaviors for respect and liking in professional relationships. Content and hybrid behaviors are more likely to increase respect and liking than open and audience behaviors; audience and hybrid behaviors are less risky for respect and liking than open and content behaviors but more difficult to maintain over time.