現代的企業組織裡'親信具有相當重要的組織角色。本研究使用便利取樣方式，獲得58對主管與親信的有效樣本。研究結果顯示，主管較親信傾向知覺兩人間存在親近闕係與信任關係。主管對於其與親信間的親近關係、信任關係之間的相關性益不一致；反之，親信則視其與主管間的親近關係、信任關係之間存在較一致的相關性。其次，對主管而言，親信與主管之間的親近程度並不會與親信的忠誠度有密切關係;然而，對親信而言，親近程度與他的忠誠度是息息相關的。至於信任關係與親信的忠誠度之間存在部份關聯性。最後，主管與親信間的親信關係應以情感關係來描述而非以交易關係來描述。

In modern corporations, confidants play very important organizational roles. This study uses a convenient sampling technique to investigate confidant relationship. Fifty-eight pairs of superior-confidant dyads of effective samples were obtained. Our results show that , compared to their confidants counterpart, superiors are more likely to perceive closeness and trusting relationship between them and their confidants. Also, from superiors' viewpoint, closeness is not highly related to trusting relationship, while in confidants' viewpoint, they are related to each other. In addition, from superiors' perceptions, degree of closeness between superior and confidant is not related to confidants' loyalty. However, from confidants' perceptions, degree of closeness is related to their loyalty. Trusting relationship is found only partially related to confidants' loyalty. Finally, relationships between superior and confidant are better described in terms of affective terms than in transactional terms.