A comprehensive meta-analysis of workplace friendship: a resource-based perspective
基于资源保存理论，对191个独立样本（N=66,321）进行元分析，整合了职场友谊的前因（个体特征、情境条件）与后果（个体、工作、职业结果），并检验了文化因素和方法特征的调节作用。
Although research on workplace friendship has grown significantly in recent years, it still lacks a unified theoretical framework to integrate these fragmented findings. To address this gap, we adopt a resource-based perspective, specifically conservation of resources (COR) theory, to develop and conduct a meta-analytic test of a nomological network explaining the antecedents (e.g. individual characteristics and contextual conditions) and consequences (e.g. individual, job-related, and career outcomes) of workplace friendship. Results from 191 independent samples (N = 66,321) largely support the proposed nomological network. In addition, we propose and test key cultural factors (e.g. individualism vs. collectivism) and methodological characteristics (e.g. measures of workplace friendship) as moderators of the relationships between workplace friendship and its various outcomes. Overall, our research contributes to a more coherent and comprehensive understanding of workplace friendship.