Employee Perception of Enterprise Social Media For Collaboration and Voice

Today’s prevalent use of social media in employees’ personal lives has led to the introduction of enterprise social media platforms in organizations (Rode, 2016; Treem et al., 2015). These enterprise social media platforms are designed, among other things, for organization-wide collaboration and to create more open dialogs between senior leaders and staff (Bennett, 2009; Prohaska, 2011; Treem et al., 2015). This study seeks to understand employee perception of enterprise social media platforms that provide the opportunity for collaboration and for giving employees a voice to influence an organization’s operations. My initial hypothesis is that employees do not embrace attempts to incorporate enterprise social media platforms as a way to work together and achieve joint goals within their organization or influence work-related matters.Human Dimensions of Organization