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   Does having a good friend at work make your job more enjoyable?

   • Research shows that 57% of people believe having a good friend at work makes their job more enjoyable. Having social support from coworkers lowers stress, helps reduce burnout, improves efficiency and productivity, and increases employee engagement, a professor says.

   Workplace friendships are good for people, and for companies

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   Do employees have good friends at work?

   • Team structures, workflows, and other systems and practices can make or break employees' ability to develop real friendships at work. Leaders should assess how factors like performance expectations and time requirements support (or impede) having best friends at work.

   The Increasing Importance of a Best Friend at Work - Gallup.com

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   Why do people have a 'best friend at work'?

   • Over the past 15 years, King has studied how people’s social networks evolve, what they look like, and why that’s significant. People who have a “best friend at work” are not only more likely to be happier and healthier, they are also seven times as likely to be engaged in their job.

   Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It

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   Are Workplace friendships good or bad?

   • The study found establishing and attempting to maintain workplace friendships can be emotionally exhausting, especially when situations like a promotion put one friend in charge of another, creating potential power clashes. Overall, though, the positives of workplace friendships outweigh the negatives.

   Why it’s good to turn your colleagues into friends

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   What is the importance of work friends?

   • The importance of work friends is having someone you can rely on through thick and thin. Someone who has your back and genuinely cares. These authentic friendships deepen employees' sense of ownership for their work and enable employees to be more effective and sustainable, regardless of where or when they work.

   The Increasing Importance of a Best Friend at Work - Gallup.com

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   Are Workplace friendships worth nourishing?

   • Nurturing friendships at work can deliver happiness and fulfillment. Workplace friendships may seem like motherhood and apple pie: Seemingly hard to challenge based on their inherent goodness. But are workplace friendships really worth nourishing? And are there drawbacks to having friends at work? The answers are more nuanced than you might think.

   Why You Should Nourish Workplace Friendships

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2. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogThe 4 Different Types of Workplace Friendships - Psychology Today

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   Nov 3, 2023 · Workplaces function better when relationships are good than when they are not. Having friends at work is associated with innovation, job satisfaction, and engagement.

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   Mar 15, 2023 · Research shows that 57% of people believe having a good friend at work makes their job more enjoyable. Having social support from coworkers lowers stress, helps reduce burnout, improves efficiency and productivity, and increases employee engagement, a professor says.

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5. www.gallup.com › workplace › 397058The Increasing Importance of a Best Friend at Work - Gallup.com

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   Aug 17, 2022 · Story Highlights. Work friends provide essential social and emotional support. Having a best friend at work now ties more strongly to key business outcomes. Leaders, take three actions...

6. www.weforum.org › agenda › 2019Why it’s good to turn your colleagues into friends

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   Nov 22, 2019 · They found employees are twice as likely to be engaged if they have a best friend at work. A distraction from work? But before you begin frantically socializing with all your colleagues, a study from Rutgers University suggests developing friendships at work may be a mixed blessing.

7. sloanreview.mit.edu › article › why-you-should-makeWhy You Should Make Friends at Work - MIT Sloan Management Review

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   Oct 13, 2022 · Gallup research found that agreement with the statement “I have a best friend at work” is a strong predictor of whether you are likely to stay in your job. Gallup also found a concrete link between having a best friend at work and the amount of effort a worker expends on their job.

8. hbr.org › 2017 › 08Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It

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   Aug 8, 2017 · People who have a “best friend at work” are not only more likely to be happier and healthier, they are also seven times as likely to be engaged in their job. What’s more, employees who ...

9. www.forbes.com › sites › tracybrowerAre Work Friends Worth Nurturing for Professional and ...

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   Mar 19, 2024 · Actually, it’s a very good idea to have friends at work. In fact, when people felt more connected to their colleagues, they reported significantly less loneliness, anxiety, burnout and...