Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
5-2014
Abstract
As a result of the increased frequency and complexity of interpersonal interactions in today’s workplaces, researchers and practitioners have emphasized the need for workers to be interpersonally adaptive (Griffi n, Neal, and Parker, 2007; Pulakos et al., 2000). Increasingly, to accomplish their work, workers need to interact effectively with others in the workplace. This is in part due to the predominance of service-oriented organizations in many economies (Zeithaml and Bitner, 1996). Workers in these organizations are required to spend a considerable part of their day engaging in social interactions and managing social relationships with customers (Schneider, 1994) and teams (Kozlowski and Ilgen, 2006). Further, increases in globalization (Javidan et al., 2006), boundaryless organizational structures (Macy and Izumi, 1993), and workplace diversity (Mahoney, 2005), require workers to engage in more complex and dynamic interpersonal interactions.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Responding to changes at work: New directions in research on individual adaptability
Editor
CHAN, David
First Page
52
Last Page
72
ISBN
9780415832915
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Citation
OLIVER, Tom and LIEVENS, Filip.
Conceptualizing and assessing interpersonal adaptability: Towards a functional framework. (2014). Responding to changes at work: New directions in research on individual adaptability. 52-72.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5809
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External URL
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781135055028/chapters/10.4324/9780203465721-14