Friendship and Happiness from a Sociological Perspective

Greco, Silvana; Holmes, Mary; McKenzie, Jordan

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9603-3_2

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“…The larger the differences in the number of reciprocal social relations between athletes in a team, the more hierarchy and centralisation exists (Freeman, 1978) All networks in our analyses are, for methodological reasons, reciprocated (see section on data and methods). We still assume, however, that actors invest more in their strong networks than in their weak networks (Greco, Holmes, & McKenzie, 2015). Because the weak networks are less intimate and demanding, we expect higher centralisation in weak than in strong networks (H4).…”

Section: Centralisation and Mutuality: Friendship Distributions And Smentioning

confidence: 93%

Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

Dalen

Seippel

2019

European Journal for Sport and Society

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Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports-strong and weak-for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchical teams are, and how each team clusters and consists of subgroups. We hypothesise that: (i) Boys' and girls' teams differ in number of social relations, (ii) Boys' social networks are more hierarchical than girls' networks, and (iii) Girls' teams are more clustered than boys' teams. Network data from 387 adolescent athletes on 30 sports teams in football, handball, crosscountry skiing and biathlon were collected with an electronic survey-questionnaire. The results reveal large differences in network structures between teams. We find that the total number of social relations is higher in girls' teams, that there are small gender differences with respect to networks' hierarchies, and that girls' networks cluster more than boys' networks.

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Section: Centralisation and Mutuality: Friendship Distributions And Smentioning

confidence: 93%

Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

Dalen

Seippel

2019

European Journal for Sport and Society

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“…Happiness is a concept with a broad meaning in sociology because it is under the umbrella of quality of life. According to Veenhoven for example, happiness is the positive evaluation that individuals ascribe to their lives in whole, or just specific parts (Greco, et al 2015). Specifically, social researchers have been asking "How do we measure happiness?"…”

Section: Music Performance Attendance and Happinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Music Performance Attendance and Happiness

Smith¹

2018

Preprint

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How are the performing arts and happiness sociologically connected? I propose that people who have attended a music performance in the last 12 months will report an increase in happiness. Additional knowledge-besides attending Arts-related events-is required in order to understand what makes people happy. I analyzed 2016 General Social Survey (GSS) data. The N for this sample is 1,272. Personal happiness is directly tied to one’s financial situation and their educational attainment levels and not to attendance at music performances. The results indicate that satisfaction with finances has a greater impact on happiness, and that White people also report being happier on average. Being satisfied with your financial situation has more of an impact on personal happiness than one’s years of education.

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“…Friends who know each other outside of the work environment describe the relationship with their partners as someone can share anything with (Colbert et al, 2016). In other words, when a friendship develops between partners, they feel free to explain both their positive (e.g., bliss) and negative (e.g., worry) feelings to each other (Greco, Holmes, & McKenzie, 2015). So, if partners develop a strong friendship, they can learn real thoughts and feelings from each other (Berndt, 1982).…”

Section: Workplace Friendship and Job Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Friends in the workplace protect each other against negative attacks by other employees to eliminate target employees (Greco et al, 2015). Therefore, it can be argued that an employee feels more secure in the workplace when he/she gets protected by his/her friends.…”

Section: Workplace Friendship and Job Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

İşyerinde Arkadaşlığa İhtiyaç Var mı? İşyerinde Arkadaşlık ve Çalışanlar Üzerindeki Sonuçlarının Teorisi: Çalışma Etiğinin Rolü

Özbek¹

2018

JECS

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This study builds and tests the models that two types of workplace friendships (friendship with coworkers and friendship with the supervisor) may have a negative influence on employees' job insecurity and turnover intention. Further, this study assumes that the positive association between workplace friendship with a supervisor and job performance is stronger for employees having a low work ethic than for those with a high work ethic. This study also assumes that the negative relationship between friendship with a supervisor and organizational deviance is stronger for employees who have a low work ethic but not for those with a high work ethic. To test these hypotheses, 313 data samples have been collected from service sector employees. According to the results, two types of workplace friendships (friendship with coworkers and friendship with a supervisor) are negatively related to job insecurity and turnover intention. The results also show that friendship with a supervisor was positively associated with job performance for employees having a low work ethic but not for those with a high work ethic. Furthermore, the results show that friendship with a supervisor was negatively associated with organizational deviance for employees having a low work ethic but not for those with a high work ethic. Surprisingly, the friendship with a supervisor is positively associated with organizational deviance for employees having a high work ethic.

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Friendship and Happiness from a Sociological Perspective

Cited by 31 publications

References 48 publications

Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

Social networks and gender in organized youth sports

Music Performance Attendance and Happiness

İşyerinde Arkadaşlığa İhtiyaç Var mı? İşyerinde Arkadaşlık ve Çalışanlar Üzerindeki Sonuçlarının Teorisi: Çalışma Etiğinin Rolü

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