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Understanding New Era Workplace Relationships: Insights From Employee Engagement Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2018

Patrick Hyland ,
Anthony W. Caputo  and
David Reeves
Patrick Hyland*
Affiliation:
Research & Development, Mercer|Sirota
Anthony W. Caputo
Affiliation:
Research & Development, Mercer|Sirota
David Reeves
Affiliation:
Consulting, Mercer|Sirota
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Patrick Hyland, Mercer|Sirota, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. E-mail: [email protected]
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In their focal article, Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu (2018) argue that the foundational assumptions of social exchange theory (SET) should be revisited and revised because of recent changes in the workplace and the workforce. Using employee engagement data from recent research projects conducted in applied settings, we investigated a series of questions based on Chernyak-Hai and Rabenu's working hypotheses.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 523 - 530
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2018 

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