FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP IN AWORK-ENVIRONMENT

Questionnaires were administered to graduate students employed by a la rge university to assess part of Pierce, Byrne, and Aguinis's (1996) m odel of workplace romance. Based on data from 297 respondents, results indicate that (a) females held less favorable attitudes toward romanc e and sexual intimacy at work than did males, (b) participating in a r omantic relationship with a member of the same organization was positi vely associated with a participant's self appraised job performance, a nd (c) consistent with an affective spillover hypothesis, degree of lo ving Feelings for a current romantic partner was positively associated with an individual's own level of intrinsic work motivation,job invol vement, and satisfaction with his or her type of work. Results are dis cussed in light of Pierce et al.'s (1996) model, and potential study l imitations are addressed.