Bregman, Elja (2026) Confidentiality at Work and the Need for Relatedness: A Gender-Based Perspective. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
For a lot of people it is a mandatory part of their job to keep work-related secrets. This happens on a day-to-day basis. Not being allowed to share the work-related secrets one might have to keep, can lead to spill-over effects to close relationships, such that the social connection and feeling of belongingness gets negatively affected. That is why this thesis suggests that having confidentiality requirements at the workplace negatively influences the satisfaction of the need for relatedness in close relationships. Furthermore, it proposed the idea that this effect gets moderated by gender, such that the aforementioned relation is stronger for women than for men. A cross-sectional correlational survey was carried out to 115 participants to test the hypotheses. There were no significant results found for either hypothesis. This might be due to power or non-work-related activities that act as a buffer. Future research should look at more controlled settings where the type of confidentiality requirements are the same for every participant, to be able to draw a better and more specific conclusion.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Keller, A.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2026 14:41 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2026 14:41 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/6186 |
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