As in Real Life, Most Office Romances Fail

Office Romance: Career Perk or Career Suicide?

 

Whether it’s Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Desk Set, Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’ Diary, or Demi Moore and Michael Douglas in Disclosure, Hollywood has provided us with decades’ worth of examples of office romance — the good, the bad and the ugly.

In real life, office romance is a controversial topic that’s not resolved in 90 minutes of screen time and a box of popcorn. As professionals, we tend to send a “mixed message” when it comes to how we feel about romance in the workplace.

 

In a survey of 1,000 American adults, for example, about two-thirds indicated that workplace romances “cause favoritism and poor morale.” But the exact same percentage - 66 percent - also believed such relationships are “personal, private and shouldn’t be regulated by employers.” 

In other words, the majority of us believe office romance is bad for morale and leads to trouble, but we still don’t want our employers to “outlaw” these relationships. 

This entry was posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 8:14 pm and is filed under MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “As in Real Life, Most Office Romances Fail”

  1. michalbev Says:
    June 16th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Very useful topic

  2. Palomaro Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 5:42 am

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    July 12th, 2009 at 8:58 am

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  4. derekpm Says:
    July 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback

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