Table 1.

Scale items

Workplace romance (WR)

WR1: I want my relationship with my colleague to last for a very long time.

WR2: I am committed to maintaining my relationship with my colleague.

WR3: I would not feel very upset if my relationship with my colleague were to end in the near future (reverse coded).

WR4: It is likely that I will date someone other than my current partner at workplace within the next year (reverse coded).

WR5: I feel much attached to our relationship – very strongly linked to my colleague.

WR6: I want my relationship with my colleague to last forever.

WR7: I am oriented toward the long-term future of my relationship with my colleague.

Affective organizational commitment (AOC)a

AOC1: I would be very happy to spend the rest of my career with this organization.

AOC2: I do not feel emotionally attached to this organization (reverse coded).

AOC3: I really feel as if this organization’s problems are my own.

AOC4: I do not feel a strong sense of belongingness to my organization (reverse coded).

AOC5: This organization has a great deal of personal meaning for me.

Job performance (JP)

JP1: How do you evaluate his/her work effort?

JP2: How do you evaluate the quantity of his/her work?

JP3: How do you evaluate the quality of his/her work?

JP4: How do you evaluate his/her overall performance?

Note:

^aWe replaced the term “organization” with “supervisor” and “coworkers” to measure affective commitment with supervisor and coworkers, respectively.