Should Employees Accept Their Boss’s Facebook ‘Friend’ Request?: Examining Gender and Cultural Differences

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Author(s): Katherine Karl (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA), Joy Peluchette (University of Southern Indiana, USA)and Christopher Schlaegel (Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 15
Source title: Technical, Social, and Legal Issues in Virtual Communities: Emerging Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Subhasish Dasgupta (George Washington University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1553-3.ch010

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Social Networking

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This study examines gender and cultural differences in reactions and responses to a Facebook ‘friend’ request from the boss. The auhtors found respondents were more likely to have positive (e.g., pleased, honored) reactions followed by questionable reactions (e.g., worried, suspicious) and least likely to have negative reactions (e.g., disgusted, offended). Although most respondents would accept the request, many would have reservations about doing so. Contrary to expectations, no gender differences were found. Significant cultural differences were found such that U.S. respondents were more likely than German respondents to have negative and questionable reactions and German respondents were more likely than U.S. respondents to have positive reactions. Implications and suggestions for future research are then discussed.

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