This book is an exploration into the current world of relationships in the workplace. It focuses on the ways in which organizational relationships - be they friendships, superior-subordinate relationships, negative relationships, romantic liaisons or simply membership to a social network - can influence and affect our experience of work.

1. Maximising the Good Minimising the Bad (Intro); Helena Cooper-Thomas and Rachel Morrison 2. Romantic Relationships at Work; Fiona Wilson 3. Guan-xi; Shaohui Chen, Marie Wilson and Kevin Lo 4. Political Skill and Social Influence in Workplace Relationships; Darren C. Treadway, Jeffrey R. Bentley, Angela S. Wallace, Stephanie R. Seitz and Brooke A. Shaughnessy 5. Subordinate Upward Influence; Susan Geertshuis, Rachel Morrison and Helena Cooper-Thomas 6. Proactive Behaviour and the Impact of Relationships at Work; Karoline Strauss and Jennifer Farrell 7. Gender and Relationships and Work; Barbara Winstead and Valerie Streets 8. Virtual work - Perceived Proximity (near but far); Darl Kolb 9. Social Support/ Coping in Workplace Relationships; Terry Beehr and Misty Bennet 10. When Workplaces Go Sour - Bullying at Work; Dianne Gardner, Michael O'Driscoll, Tim Bentley, Bevan Catley, Helena Cooper-Thomas and Linda Trenberth 11. Relationships of Leaders; Flora Chiang and Thomas Birtch 12. Relationships Within Family Run Venture; Marcus Ho, Christine Woods and Deborah Shepherd