Creating Sustainable Workplace Environments: an Exploratory Study of Social Energy Expenditure in Cross-Sex, Heterosexual Organizational Friendships

Author

Kathryn Cordelia Green, Illinois State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

4-2-2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

School of Communication

First Advisor

Daniel C. Davis

Abstract

This thesis outlines the reasoning and methods used to investigate the concept of social energy expenditure from Hall and Davis’ (2017) communicate bond belong (CBB) theory as a lens for understanding how individuals invest social energy into forming and maintaining cross-sex, heterosexual friendships in organizations. Informed by previous literature, this study explores the intersect between interpersonal communication and organizational communication. Apart from Hall (2018), no other scholars have tested the 2017 CBB theory. Therefore, the present study’s goal is to provide a foundational inquiry into the usability of the theory by utilizing the core concept of social energy expenditure and by specifically testing theorem 5b from principle 5 (i.e., the principle of human energy investment). The testing of CBB, as a new theory, adds a valuable contribution to the field of communication.

Comments

Imported from ProQuest Green_ilstu_0092N_11179.pdf

Recommended Citation

Green, Kathryn Cordelia, "Creating Sustainable Workplace Environments: an Exploratory Study of Social Energy Expenditure in Cross-Sex, Heterosexual Organizational Friendships" (2018). Theses and Dissertations. 858.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/858

DOI

http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2018.Green.K

Page Count

69