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Concept #1 - The Influence of Social Media in the Workplace Most times, people associate social media in the workplace with negative connotations; and the workplace human resources teams will monitor the use of workplace social involvement however, studies show that social media in the workplace can positively impact employees’ work performance and team building creativity. Media synchronization (text messages, pictures, videos, etc.), can positively impact employees’ performance by encouraging trust and providing different ways to communicate or transfer knowledge in a short amount of time. Photos can boost the team spirit and create more diversity. A study of 105 software professionals showed that social media can enhance trust among team members. When team members are trusting of each other, they are more motivated to share what they know. The study revealed that implicit knowledge transfer improved work performance, while explicit knowledge transfer did not impact performance (Cao et al., 2012). Social media is increasingly being adopted into the workplace to facilitate organizational communications. For example, the use of corporate blogs is useful for inter-company communications as well as a place for knowledge exchange. Blog users can also use this platform to form social networks. Wikis can be built with information that enhances the company’s reputation, and improves work processes (Cao et al., 2012). HR professionals use LinkedIn to recruit talent, and Facebook to scope out potential recruits.