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Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Eliana Goldstein, Amy Gallo, Melody Wilding, Steven G. Rogelberg
May 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
208 pages
3h 8m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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12 Is Working with Your Romantic Partner a Good Match?

An interview with Sean Horan by Vasundhara Sawhney

From Harvey Specter and Donna Paulsen in Suits to Noh Ji-wook and Eun Bong-hee in Suspicious Partner, workplace romances are prevalent in popular media. IRL, too, crushing on a coworker is common: One SHRM survey found that half of U.S. workers have dated a colleague—mostly peers (70%) but also their supervisors (18%) and subordinates (21%).1 In the United Kingdom, that number jumps to two-thirds of workers (66%).2

While some may find those metrics surprising, research shows that office romances are on the decline. The current climate around sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement has likely (and rightfully) played a factor, ...

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