| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140247 | The Social Science Journal | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Workplace friendship is an important issue in business. Despite its predominance within the management field, there are several unaddressed issues. This study examines the relationship among interactive justice, leader–member exchange, and workplace friendship. Based on data collected from 309 full-time Taiwanese employees, results indicate that interactive justice is positively associated with workplace friendship. Leader–member exchange mediates such relationships. Therefore, as far as the manager is concerned, interactive justice is an effective factor for promoting workplace friendship and the mediating effect of leader–member exchange cannot be neglected.
► Two important determinants of workplace friendship are proposed: interactive justice and leader–member exchange. ► Interactive justice is positively related to workplace friendship. ► Leader–member exchange fully mediates the relationship between interactive justice and workplace friendship.
