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<p>This study examines how coworker socializing—informal, non-task interactions among colleagues—shapes employees’ attachment to coworkers and interpersonal citizenship behavior. Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we propose that coworker socializing functions as a social/conditional resource that increases employees’ daily vitality, which in turn strengthens constituent attachment and interpersonal citizenship behavior. We further argue that manager support for fun operates as a resource passageway that amplifies the positive association between coworker socializing and vitality. Using an experience sampling design with 121 hospitality employees across 10 workdays, results support the hypothesized mediation and moderated mediation effects. This study advances workplace fun research by clarifying vitality as a proximal mechanism linking everyday socializing to relational and prosocial outcomes, and it extends COR theory by showing how managerial support shapes the translation of social resources into personal energy and downstream attachment and helping.</p>

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Strengthening Workplace Connections through Coworker Socializing and Managerial Support for Fun

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月27日

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  • Michael J. Tews,
  • John W. Michel,
  • Heyao Yu,
  • Zhaoli He,
  • Xucai Wan

摘要

This study examines how coworker socializing—informal, non-task interactions among colleagues—shapes employees’ attachment to coworkers and interpersonal citizenship behavior. Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we propose that coworker socializing functions as a social/conditional resource that increases employees’ daily vitality, which in turn strengthens constituent attachment and interpersonal citizenship behavior. We further argue that manager support for fun operates as a resource passageway that amplifies the positive association between coworker socializing and vitality. Using an experience sampling design with 121 hospitality employees across 10 workdays, results support the hypothesized mediation and moderated mediation effects. This study advances workplace fun research by clarifying vitality as a proximal mechanism linking everyday socializing to relational and prosocial outcomes, and it extends COR theory by showing how managerial support shapes the translation of social resources into personal energy and downstream attachment and helping.