Employee’s Behavioral Opportunism and Alienation: Exploring the Factors

IF 2.4 Q2 ECONOMICS

Contemporary Economics Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI:10.5709/ce.1897-9254.471

D. Pletnev, E. Kozlova

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Abstract

The article aims to identify factors influencing the behavioural opportunism and alienation of Russian employees. The study is based on a survey of 298 Russian employees, conducted in October 2020. Normalized indicators were used to assess the alienation degree, opportunism willingness and opportunism level, based on processing the respondents’ answers; the Z-test was used for statistical analysis of these indicators, and to examine the influence of 14 social and organizational factors on alienation and opportunism. The study showed that employees’ alienation degree is influenced by marital status, having children, motivation type, organization size, work in a managerial position, position and salary improvement, and Adizes’ management styles. Their opportunism willingness is influenced by gender, age, management style, organization-side work experience, and position improvement. The results support the hypotheses of the interdependence of opportunism level and age, marital status, motivation type, organization size, and salary improvement. It was found that education level, job profile and diploma compliance, and ownership do not affect alienation and opportunism. The research results can help develop corporate programmes to increase employees’ involvement in solving corporate problems and reducing opportunism.

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员工行为机会主义与疏离感:因素探析

本文旨在找出影响俄罗斯员工行为机会主义和异化的因素。该研究基于2020年10月对298名俄罗斯员工进行的调查。通过对调查对象的回答进行处理，采用归一化指标评估疏离度、机会主义意愿和机会主义水平;采用z检验对这些指标进行统计分析，并检验14种社会组织因素对疏离感和机会主义的影响。研究表明，员工的疏离感程度受婚姻状况、是否有子女、激励类型、组织规模、担任管理职位、职位和薪酬提升以及管理者的管理风格等因素的影响。他们的机会主义意愿受性别、年龄、管理风格、组织侧工作经验和职位提升的影响。研究结果支持了机会主义水平与年龄、婚姻状况、激励类型、组织规模和薪酬提升之间的相互依存关系的假设。研究发现，受教育程度、职业概况和文凭依从性、所有权对疏离感和机会主义没有影响。研究结果可以帮助制定企业计划，提高员工在解决企业问题和减少机会主义方面的参与度。

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Contemporary Economics ECONOMICS-

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3.70

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： The mission of the Contemporary Economics is to publish advanced theoretical and empirical research in economics, finance, accounting and management with the noticeable contribution and impact to the development of those disciplines and preferably with practice relevancies. All entirety of methods is desirable, including a falsification of conventional understanding, theory building through inductive or qualitative research, first empirical testing of a theory, meta-analysis with theoretical implications, constructive replication that clarifies the boundaries or range of a theory for theoretical research as well as qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic, and combination for an empirical research. This clear priority for comprehensive manuscripts containing a methodology-based theoretical and empirical research with implications and recommendations for policymaking does not exclude manuscripts entirely focused on theory or methodology. Manuscripts that raise significant, actual topics of international relevance will be highly appreciated. The interdisciplinary approach including – besides economic, financial, accounting or managerial –also other aspects, is welcomed.