Van In Team naar Intiem (From team to intimate: about work romances and office affairs)
Subtitle: about work romances and office affairs
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Academia Press, Ghent (Belgium)
Published: December 2013
Place of publication: Ghent, Belgium
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 202
Copyright date: 2013
Description: The number of relationships in the workplace has risen sharply over the past twelve years. Professor Stefaan Lievens concludes that. Together with journalist Sabine Vermeiren, he wrote a book about affairs between colleagues. Because we work longer and harder, the stress increases and there are more single people, work romances are on the rise. Literally and figuratively, because that is where, between two floors, the first kiss is usually given.
Twelve years ago, psychology professor Stefaan Lievens wrote his first book about passion in the workplace. A lot has changed since then - a lot. "People have a different view on sex, there are more and more divorces, women - rightly - get a place on the management floor in their high heels," says Lievens
Blow off steam:: "Team management, team projects, these are things that are promoted everywhere. The step from 'team' to 'intimate' is therefore smaller." And guess what? The more stress at work, the more romantic relationships. About half of Belgian employees say they suffer from stress more in the past five years, as it turned out this week. "Colleagues are dragged into the rat race and then you have to let off steam now and then," says the professor. "The risk that you then fall into each other's arms is high. Moreover, we already spend much more time at work than At home.
Chef's Office: Work romances often arise during overtime. Companies also love parties: hotbeds for budding loves. Or foreign conferences: that's putting the cat in the limelight, isn't it? And last but not least: the role of the internet. The threshold for adultery at work has never been as small as it is today. One mouse click and the first compliment is made. In every company there is 'un petit coin de cocquinerie': the archive room, the cellar, the parking garage, the elevator. And don't forget after working hours: the chef's desk."
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Redactie 14-12-13, 03:00 Laatste update: 15-04-17, 01:59 Bron: Het Laatste Nieuws
https://www.hln.be/seks-en-relaties/aantal-relaties-op-werkvloer-stijgt~aed6698d/
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Notes: Where people are together, love emerges. And that is also in the workplace. Each company has its own Romeo and Juliet, its own love duo, who may or may not be secretly in love with each other. Work and intimacy irreconcilable? Not for thousands of people for whom the reality is different. Passion in the copy room, sex during overtime, furtive glances past colleagues: they are everyday fare in every industrial zone, in every skyscraper, in every office block. This book highlights different aspects of romance in the workplace.. The authors give tips to employers and colleagues on how to deal with this properly and, if necessary, turn to the legislator. The book is also a guide for those who become involved in a work romance: the director, the personnel manager, the infatuated, the deceived or ... the dumped.
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