We spend most of our wakg hours at our jobs (one-third of our lifetim to be exact). It seems evable that worker csh will, om time-to-time, arise. As humans, we have a basic need for timacy and nnectn, but when we add attractn to this mix, there is bound to be another layer of plitn. How do that impact , our work, and our relatnship wh our peers? Profsor Sean Horan and Profsor Rebec Chory have spent most of their reers tryg to unrstand the implitns of havg a romantic relatnship at work — both on our performance and on our team members. Across three studi, they found that employe were more likely to lie to, distst, and fd peers datg their superrs ls rg than peers datg other peers. Though the studi ially foced on heterosexual relatnships, they also found siar rults a fal study examg gay and lbian romanc at work.
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MY -WORKER IS GAY. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
* gay coworkers *
Adult populatn intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.
Not All of Us Use LabelsSome folks have “Comg Out” parti and ll themselv gay, lbian, bisexual, or anythg else they’d like! You’re eher straight or you’re gay, you’re eher a woman or a man—but the tth is there’s so much more beyond that.
This has to be said pot blank, though: The (pretty mon) qutn “I’m not gay, but if I was, would you want to hook up wh me? Fifty-three percent of LGBTQ workers report hearg jok about lbian or gay people at least once a while;.