{"id":"https://openalex.org/W70135487","doi":null,"title":"Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without","display_name":"Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W70135487","mag":"70135487"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:70135487","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8882677M/Vital_Friends","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"book","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091010778","display_name":"Tom Rath","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tom Rath","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091010778"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.4697,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":55,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92127072,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.7484999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.7484999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10677","display_name":"Attachment and Relationship Dynamics","score":0.13979999721050262,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14309","display_name":"Employee Performance and Management","score":0.02160000056028366,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3307","display_name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/friendship","display_name":"friendship","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workplace-relationships","display_name":"workplace relationships","score":0.8519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-engagement","display_name":"work engagement","score":0.9309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marriage","display_name":"marriage","score":0.36899998784065247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leadership","display_name":"leadership","score":0.4320000112056732},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-behavior","display_name":"organizational behavior","score":0.4490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpersonal-relationships","display_name":"interpersonal relationships","score":0.6290000081062317}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778736484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491","display_name":"Friendship","level":2,"score":0.8810280561447144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776538412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989963","display_name":"Storytelling","level":3,"score":0.6458998322486877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554936623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199657","display_name":"Reading (process)","level":2,"score":0.45934492349624634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.42435142397880554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.41397613286972046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3360309600830078},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.33473193645477295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.30085450410842896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.16397881507873535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.1383974850177765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.13383042812347412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.1245695948600769}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:70135487","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8882677M/Vital_Friends","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.7257999777793884}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7154447549","https://openalex.org/W2270702008","https://openalex.org/W2084675706","https://openalex.org/W3008019829","https://openalex.org/W53528938","https://openalex.org/W623475748","https://openalex.org/W4321609412","https://openalex.org/W3028548902","https://openalex.org/W4383069984","https://openalex.org/W4387313456"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"What's":[0],"the":[1,20,32,56,92,122,127,164,186],"quickest":[2],"way":[3],"to":[4,111,120,149,163],"ruin":[5],"a":[6,23,29,43,80,101,154,173,203],"friendship?":[7],"Can":[8],"bosses":[9],"actually":[10],"learn":[11],"something":[12],"from":[13,68,135],"marriages?":[14],"Are":[15],"very":[16],"close":[17],"friendships":[18],"in":[19,114,202],"workplace":[21],"such":[22],"bad":[24],"thing?":[25],"These":[26],"are":[27,106],"just":[28],"few":[30],"of":[31,46,124,175],"questions":[33],"that":[34,82,97],"author":[35],"Tom":[36,166],"Rath":[37,53],"asked":[38],"when":[39],"he":[40],"embarked":[41],"on":[42,130,157],"massive":[44],"study":[45],"friendships.":[47],"Along":[48],"with":[49],"several":[50,59],"leading":[51],"researchers,":[52],"pored":[54],"through":[55],"literature,":[57],"conducted":[58],"experiments,":[60],"and":[61,132,142,169,178,183,199],"analyzed":[62],"more":[63],"than":[64],"5":[65],"million":[66],"interviews":[67],"The":[69],"Gallup":[70],"Organization's":[71],"worldwide":[72],"database.":[73],"His":[74],"team's":[75,93],"discoveries":[76],"produced":[77],"Vital":[78,144,191],"Friends,":[79,192],"book":[81],"challenges":[83],"long-held":[84],"assumptions":[85],"people":[86,98],"have":[87,100],"about":[88],"their":[89,115],"relationships.":[90],"And":[91],"landmark":[94],"discovery":[95],"-":[96,117],"who":[99],"best":[102],"friend":[103],"at":[104],"work":[105],"seven":[107],"times":[108],"as":[109,137,139],"likely":[110],"be":[112],"engaged":[113],"job":[116],"is":[118,161],"sure":[119],"rattle":[121],"structure":[123],"organizations":[125],"around":[126],"world.":[128],"Drawing":[129],"research":[131,177],"case":[133],"studies":[134],"topics":[136],"diverse":[138],"marriage,":[140],"management,":[141],"architecture,":[143],"Friends":[145],"reveals":[146],"what's":[147],"common":[148],"all":[150],"truly":[151],"essential":[152],"friendships:":[153],"regular":[155],"focus":[156],"what":[158],"each":[159],"person":[160],"contributing":[162],"friendship.":[165],"Rath's":[167],"fast-paced":[168],"inviting":[170],"storytelling":[171],"takes":[172],"mountain":[174],"important":[176],"makes":[179],"it":[180],"remarkably":[181],"accessible":[182],"applicable.":[184],"By":[185],"time":[187],"you":[188],"finish":[189],"reading":[190],"you'll":[193],"see":[194],"your":[195],"family,":[196],"friends,":[197],"coworkers,":[198],"significant":[200],"other":[201],"whole":[204],"new":[205],"light.":[206]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}