This paper considers the ways in which proximity benefits informal communication and relationship development and how technologies can create virtual proximity. We present an “encounters” framework for understanding how proximity shapes opportunities for interpersonal communication and relationship development and then examine how dimensions of encounters influence informal communication in an ...

OBJECTIVE The interpersonal environment is strongly linked to sleep. However, little is known about interpersonal distress and its association with sleep. We examined the associations among interpersonal distress, objective and subjective sleep in people with and without insomnia. METHODS Participants in this cross-sectional observational study included men and women with insomnia (n = 28) an...

With the passage of time, the development of communication technology and transportation broke the isolation among people. Relationship tends to be complicated, pluralism, dynamism. In the network where interpersonal relationship and evolved complex net based on game theory work serve respectively as foundation architecture and theoretical model, with the combination of game theory and regard p...

The interaction between disjunctive interpersonal relationships, those where the parties to the relationship disagree on the goals of the relationship, and the use of computer mediated communications channels is a relatively unexplored domain. Bargh (2002) suggests that CMC channels can amplify the development of interpersonal relationships, and notes that the effect is not constant across comm...

This study examines the mediating roles of supportive supervisor communication (SSC) and role ambiguity in the relationships between leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee job attitudes, turnover intentions, and performance. Specifically, role ambiguity and SSC were expected to mediate the positive LMXemployee affective commitment relationship, and the positive relationships between LMX and ...