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 results

62% 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 results

Only 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

Dintre cei 15% care

restrictioneaza continutul pe

Facebook, pozele sunt

restrictionate dupa cum

urmeaza:

In foarte mare masura 28%

in mare masura 11%

uneori 17%

in mica masura 11%

in foarte mica masura 6%

Deloc 28%

Research results

Out of the 15% that restrict

Facebook content, video is

restricted 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%

0

0%

Research results

Out of the 15% that restrict

Facebook content, friends

list 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%

0

0%

Research results

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%

0

0%

Out of the 15% that restrict

Facebook content, do so at

the 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 results

Respondents 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%

Research results

Respondents’ age:

18-24 32% 25-30 40% 31-35 15%

36-40 7% 41-45 3% over 46 3%

Research results

Respondents living environment:

Big City 81% Medium City15% Small city 4% Rural 1%

Research results

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 Voloh

Lever of studies: Facultaty of Jurnalism and Comunication

Sciences, Masters Multimedia, and Audio-Video

Production, 1st year

The coordinating professor's name: Adriana Stefanel