When the hierarchy folds: how employees may react

Q2 Business, Management and Accounting

Journal of Business Strategy Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI:10.1108/jbs-12-2022-0221

Bertrand Audrin, Stefano Borzillo, S. Raub

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Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to uncover how employees make sense of the implementation of holacracy in their organization. Design/methodology/approach Our research is based on a case study of a Swiss SME (of 160 employees) that is about to implement a holacratic mode of governance. Data was collected using questionnaires (completed by 57 employees) and 12 interviews. Findings At the level of individual, team and organization, driving forces toward implementing holacracy are stronger than restraining forces. Practical implications Implementing holacracy requires careful planning, detailed communications, strong support and training of employees by managers to ensure that they are less fearful of holacracy’s structures and more positive and understanding of its benefits. Originality/value This study contributes to a better understanding of holacracy and employees’ sensemaking of the added value of this unconventional structure.

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层次结构折叠时：员工的反应

目的:本文旨在揭示员工如何理解在其组织中实施全团制。设计/方法/方法我们的研究基于一个瑞士中小企业(160名员工)的案例研究，该企业即将实施全民制治理模式。数据收集采用问卷调查(由57名员工完成)和12次访谈。研究发现，在个人、团队和组织层面上，推动全员治理的力量大于制约力量。实践启示实施全员治理需要管理者对员工进行仔细的规划、详细的沟通、强有力的支持和培训，以确保他们不那么害怕全员治理的结构，更积极地理解其好处。独创性/价值本研究有助于更好地理解整体治理和员工对这种非常规结构的附加价值的感知。

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Journal of Business Strategy Business, Management and Accounting-Management Information Systems

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