TY - GEN
T1 - 'Like' my coworkers
T2 - 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society: Rethinking Privacy and Trust, SMSociety 2019
AU - HUANG, Vincent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 ACM.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/7/19
Y1 - 2019/7/19
N2 - Extending the line of research on social media use and organizational socialization, this paper investigates how organizational newcomers use social media to initiate, develop, and maintain workplace relationships. This paper draws upon in-depth interviews with 30 organizational newcomers who are knowledge workers in China regarding their experience of using WeChat, the most popular social media in China, for work-related purposes. Findings suggest that WeChat provides content and action opportunities for organizational newcomers to initiate, develop, and maintain their relationships with coworkers. Organizational newcomers are also conscious of interaction norms with coworkers on WeChat to avoid negative, unexpected consequences. This study contributes to understanding of organizational socialization and workplace relationship development in an increasingly digitally mediated workplace.
AB - Extending the line of research on social media use and organizational socialization, this paper investigates how organizational newcomers use social media to initiate, develop, and maintain workplace relationships. This paper draws upon in-depth interviews with 30 organizational newcomers who are knowledge workers in China regarding their experience of using WeChat, the most popular social media in China, for work-related purposes. Findings suggest that WeChat provides content and action opportunities for organizational newcomers to initiate, develop, and maintain their relationships with coworkers. Organizational newcomers are also conscious of interaction norms with coworkers on WeChat to avoid negative, unexpected consequences. This study contributes to understanding of organizational socialization and workplace relationship development in an increasingly digitally mediated workplace.
KW - Newcomers
KW - Organizational Socialization
KW - Social Media
KW - WeChat
KW - Workplace Relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074462479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3328529.3328539
DO - 10.1145/3328529.3328539
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85074462479
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 5
EP - 14
BT - 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society
PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Y2 - 19 July 2019 through 21 July 2019
ER -