Being popular in groups and "clicking" with others seems to be as important at work as in school. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Sources: 0. Brafman and R. Brafman, 'To the Vulnerable Go the Spoils," Bloomberg Businessweek (June 20, 2010), pp. 71-73; and B. A. Scott and T. A. Judge, "The Popularity Contest at Work; Who Wins, Why, and What Do They Receive?" Journal of Applied Psychology 94, no. 1 (2009), pp. 20-33.