Social Development

Are Workplace Friendships a Mixed Blessing? Exploring Tradeoffs of Multiplex Relationships and their Associations with Job Performance

2011-2020, Case Study, Economic Development, Foreign, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

Theory and research note the ubiquity of multiplex workplace friendships—multifaceted relationships that superimpose friendship with work-focused interactions—but it is unclear how they compel or hinder job performance. We found that the number of multiplex workplace friendships in one’s social network is positively associated with supervisor ratings of job performance. However, we also found that there …

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Assessment and Diagnosis: Childhood Gender Identity . . . Disorder? Developmental, Cultural, and Diagnostic Concerns

2011-2020, Case Study, Cultural Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

Childhood gender identity development is reviewed in the context of biological, environmental, cultural, and diagnostic factors. With the upcoming 5th revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the authors offer a critical consideration of childhood gender identity disorder, along with proposed diagnostic changes. They argue that meaningful understanding of issues surrounding gender …

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Assisted Gestation and Transgender Women

2011-2020, Case Study, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

Developments in uterus transplant put assisted gestation within meaningful range of clinical success for women with uterine infertility who want to gestate children. Should this kind of transplantation prove routine and effective for those women, would there be any morally significant reason why men or transgender women should not be eligible for the same opportunity …

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