Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2-2017
Abstract
The number of Facebook users grew rapidly since its conception. Within today’s workplace, employees are increasingly connecting with each other on Facebook for interpersonal reasons. Due to sensational reports by media outlets of inappropriate social media use, many organizations are taking extreme measures about how their employees who utilize Facebook to connect with colleagues. Contrary to the negative assumptions, McAfee [1] states that social media within the workplace can promote positive dynamics. The present study uses McAfee’s argument to examine if a positive connection exists between colleagues who use Facebook to connect with each other. An online survey with questions involving Facebook use with co-workers, job satisfaction, and perceived job calling was completed by employees (N=70) at two high-tech companies in Northern California, USA. Results revealed that job satisfaction is positively correlated with intensity of Facebook use among co-workers. Furthermore, feeling called to one’s line of work was statistically significantly higher for the group of employees who spent the most amount of time interacting on Facebook with their co-workers than the group that spent the least amount of time. These results suggest that companies could begin to explore the positive benefits of social media use within the workplace.
Recommended Citation
Hanna B., Kee K., & Robertson, B. W. (201 7). Positive impacts of social media at work: Job satisfaction, job calling, and Facebook use among co-workers. SHS Web of Conferences, 33. doi: 10.1051/shsconf/20173300012
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Comments
This article was originally published in SHS Web of Conferences, volume 33 (International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference (i-COME’16)), in 2017. doi:10.1051/shsconf/20173300012