Social relationships in the workplace can form with co-workers, superiors, and clients. Co-worker relationships are most common as they share experiences. Relationships between superiors and subordinates are complicated by power dynamics. Client relationships form in professions involving ongoing consulting. Friendships are voluntary, governed by implicit rules between equals, and differ between same-sex and opposite-sex relationships by emphasizing different behaviors.

1. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
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2. Social Relationships with Co-Workers
Perhaps, the most likely opportunity for forming friendships at
work arises with respects to our immediate co-workers. It is
because they share some common experiences with us.
Social Relationships :
Superiors and Subordinates
Friendships between superiors and subordinates are considerably
more complicated because they include a power differential that
co-worker friendships generally do not entail.
Social Relationships With Clients
In most professions, you’ll also interact with customers. For
instance, you might work for a financial or technology firm that
offers ongoing consulting services to a number of long term
business clients.
FRIENDSHIPS

3. FRIENDSHIPS ARE VOLUNTARY
We choose our friends and they choose us; we don’t have
to be friends with anyone. Part of what makes a friendships
so special is that both friends are in relationships by choice.
We also must use relationships maintenance behaviors
such as positivity, openness, assurances, network
convergence, and sharing tasks to maintain our friendships.

4. FRIENDSHIPS ARE GOVERNED BY RULES
In some ways, a friendship is like a social contract to which both parties agree. By being someone’s friend, we
acknowledge at least implicitly that we expect certain things from that person and that she or he can expect certain
things from us. Those expectations are possible because friendships have rules.
Even if the rules aren’t stated.

5. FRIENDSHIPS ARE USUALLY AMONG PEERS
A second important characteristics of friendships is that is
usually a relationship between equals. A peer is someone
who is similar to us in power or status.
We can have some type of power over us but those
relationships can be complicated.
However, because people in power sometimes have to
make decisions that conflict with friendships

6. FRIENDSHIPS DIFFER BY SEX
Researchers have written volumes about sex
differences and similarities in friendships and
friendship behaviors.
Friendships between women often
emphasize conversational and emotional
expressiveness more than do friendships
between men.
While opposite-sex tend to be more loyal and
helpful than their opposite sex counterparts.