The changes in employer - employee relations in the context of the ever-growing popularity of Facebook.

Career and Social MediaMaria Voloh, Master I, PMAV

Hypothesis

● Employees don’t want to be Facebook friends with their

bosses

● Employees deliberately restrict their boss's access to the

content shared on Facebook in order to limit their exposure.

● Even though they have a friendly relationship IRL,

employees don’t want to be Facebook friends with their

bosses.

Questions

● Do Romanian employees want to be Facebook friends with their superiors?

● Do these use privacy settings to restrict their boss's access to content shared on Facebook?

● To what type of content do employees restrict access to?

● What is their relationship with their boss outside of the online medium?

Research corpus

● Online random sampling, via Facebook shares

● 110 respondents

● 12 questions questionnaire, created with Google Forms

● 95% employed for the past 3 months

● With ages between 18 and 46 years old

● 99% urban environment (big, medium, small)

Research results

Leadership function / Top management 3% Middle management 23%Execution function 65%

Research results62% are Facebook friends with their boss, 26% are not, and 8% are, but wish they weren’t. Only 2% of respondents are not friends with their boss, but with they were.

Research resultsOnly 15% of respondents have restricted their boss’s access to Facebook content. 79% do not deliberately restrict access to any type of content.

Research results

Restriction of access to Facebook content is related to respondent’s gender

Research results

Out of the 15% that restrict Facebook content, photos are restricted as follows:To a great extent 28%To a large extent 11%Sometimes 17%To a small extent 11%To a very small extent 6%Not at all 28%

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Out of the 15% that restrict Facebook content, video isrestricted as follows: To a great extent 35%To a large extent 6%Sometimes 18%To a small extent 6%To a very small extent 0%Not at all 35%

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Out of the 15% that restrict Facebook content, friendslist is restricted as follows:To a great extent 35%To a large extent 6%Sometimes 12%To a small extent 6%To a very small extent 0%Not at all 41%

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Out of the 15% that restrict Facebook content, have put their boss in Restricted list as follows:To a great extent 29%To a large extent 6%Sometimes 12%To a small extent 0%To a very small extent 6%Not at all 47%

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Out of the 15% that restrict Facebook content, do so atthe moment of posting: To a great extent 44%To a large extent 6%Sometimes 25%To a small extent 0%To a very small extent 0%Not at all 25%

Research results

Research results

Time spent on Facebook every day: less than an hour 13%; Between 2 and 4 hours 38%; Between 5 and 7 hours 17%; Between 8 and 10 hours 3%; Over 10 hours 28%; Don’t know / no answer 2%.

Research resultsRespondents describe the relationship had with superiors outside of the online medium as being: Strictly professional 37% Friendly (amicala si prietenoasa) 57% Hostile 4% Don’t know / no answer 1% Other description 2%

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Respondents’ age:18-24 32% 25-30 40% 31-35 15%36-40 7% 41-45 3% over 46 3%

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Respondents living environment:Big City 81% Medium City15% Small city 4% Rural 1%

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Respondents gender: Female 73% Male 26% Don’t know / No answer 1%

Thank you!

Title: Career and Social Media: The changes in employer - employee relations in the context of the ever-growing popularity of Facebook

Author name: Maria VolohLever of studies: Facultaty of Jurnalism and Comunication Sciences, Masters Multimedia, and Audio-Video Production, 1st yearThe coordinating professor's name: Adriana Stefanel