{"title":"Acceptable finger pointing: How evaluators judge the ethicality of blame shifting","authors":"Paolo Antonetti, Ilaria Baghi","doi":"10.1111/emre.12678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12678","url":null,"abstract":"Research shows how blame shifting deemed unethical by evaluators leads to a damaging reputational backlash. Yet, scholars have not determined how evaluators judge if blame‐shifting messages are ethical. To fill this gap, we develop a conceptual model of evaluators' judgments of blame‐shifting ethicality, integrating insights from ethical decision‐making and the ethics of blame. The ethical evaluation of blame shifting is based on perceptions of target blameworthiness, the motives of the blamer, and message fairness. These three perceptions explain the evaluators' judgment of whether blame shifting is ethical. Furthermore, the model explains why at times evaluators fail to develop a detailed ethical evaluation of the message. Organizational blame shifting in these circumstances can be effective and yet unethical because evaluators do not cognitively process the relevant ethical factors. This article contributes to research on blame shifting by explaining how evaluators judge ethicality and examining the conditions for ethical blame shifting.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco Javier Forcadell, Desiderio Romero‐Jordán, Angelica Sanchez‐Riofrio, Luis Ángel Guerras‐Martín
{"title":"The effect of restructuring internationalized companies on performance: Evidence from European firms","authors":"Francisco Javier Forcadell, Desiderio Romero‐Jordán, Angelica Sanchez‐Riofrio, Luis Ángel Guerras‐Martín","doi":"10.1111/emre.12672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12672","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes the effect of restructuring internationalized companies on financial performance. We hypothesize that companies implementing restructuring strategies in internationalized companies obtain better financial performance than non‐internationalized companies that restructure. Both strategies exploit resource complementarities that promote improved resource access, generation, and use. We empirically analyze a sample of 932 companies from 15 European Union countries from 1998 to 2011, including periods of economic growth and financial crisis. Our study extends the internationalization literature by demonstrating that internationalization improves financial performance (return on assets) for companies facing narrowing or refocusing their scope.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahesh Subramony, Sven Kepes, Markus Groth, Dana Yagil, David Solnet
{"title":"Human resource management in the emerging work ecosystem: Propositions for scholarship and implications for practice","authors":"Mahesh Subramony, Sven Kepes, Markus Groth, Dana Yagil, David Solnet","doi":"10.1111/emre.12681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12681","url":null,"abstract":"The confluence of changing employment norms and technological innovations is bringing forth a work ecosystem characterized by increases in episodic work, virtuality, individualization of labour, and transformation of jobs. Our paper builds upon existing scholarship, and data on labour trends to propose a framework that views the interactions between key entities (workers, customers, organizations, and platforms) and institutions as continuously shaping the nature of work. Viewing micro‐ecosystems, such as gig work performed using technology platforms and traditional employment ecosystems, as subsets of this emergent work ecosystem, we generate specific propositions to guide human resource management (HRM) research and explore the implications of the emerging work ecosystem for HRM practice.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne‐Sophie Bacouël, Amanda Shantz, Sabine Jentjens, Clara Goudal
{"title":"An artful workplace of the future: The role of art‐based interventions in fostering levers for creativity amongst a diverse workforce","authors":"Anne‐Sophie Bacouël, Amanda Shantz, Sabine Jentjens, Clara Goudal","doi":"10.1111/emre.12680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12680","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between diversity and creativity is equivocal, and so attention has turned to traditional factors that might foster this relationship. Yet the creativity needed for today's challenges requires a radically different set of skills and mindsets than what has driven business in the past. The workforce of the future requires interventions that ignite diverse employees' emotion, intuition and imagination. Art‐based interventions may be one such method, and furthermore, they may be particularly suitable to maximise the conditions needed to foster diversity for creativity, or what we call and examine, ‘levers for creativity’. We look deeply into an organisation that promotes the arts to ask: <jats:italic>How do art‐based interventions support workplace diversity to increase levers for employee creativity?</jats:italic> Analysis of interview data (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 21) from one case study finds that art‐based interventions: (1) level the playing field; (2) encourage courage; (3) broaden perspective taking; (4) offer moments to breathe; and (5) cultivate a sense of we‐ness.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does CEO guilt influence the adoption of employee welfare practices?","authors":"Saira Ashfaq, Hammad Riaz, Ghulam Mujtaba, Abubakr Saeed, Muhammad Saad Baloch","doi":"10.1111/emre.12675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12675","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the role of CEOs' guilt in adopting employee welfare practices (EWP). Using the context of privatization that is associated with large‐scale layoffs, we argue that witnessing the distress of laid‐off workers and their families causes CEOs to experience guilt for not doing enough to alleviate their suffering. The guilt, in turn, drives CEOs to engage in remedial actions of restitution that reflect positively on employee‐related practices. We find support for our idea in a sample of newly privatized firms from 31 countries. Our results show that CEOs' guilt positively influences the adoption of EWP among newly privatized firms. This effect is stronger in countries with collectivistic orientation and higher unemployment rates. Our findings suggest CEOs' values and emotions play an important role in business decisions concerning their employees. This perspective challenges the conventional view of business decisions as purely rational and profit‐driven, highlighting the importance of ethical and emotional considerations in decision‐making.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The talent burden—Identity threats and threat responses in the context of an early‐career talent program","authors":"Pernilla Bolander, Jennie Sumelius, Andreas Werr","doi":"10.1111/emre.12674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12674","url":null,"abstract":"Although previous research has mainly assumed that talent designation “buoys” individuals' identities, current research is increasingly pointing at the mixed blessing of being identified as a talent. Adopting an identity work perspective, we examine what identity threats talents perceive in the context of an early‐career talent program and how they respond to these perceived threats. Our study builds on qualitative interviews conducted in a large Swedish MNC during three different phases of a talent program. Our findings advance the literature by developing a deeper understanding of the “identity struggles” early‐career talents face during their talent journeys. We conceptualize these struggles as identity threats and identify and analyse specific threats as well as how talents respond to these threats. Our findings show a strong willingness to protect the talent identity, but responses vary over time and between individuals. The study sheds light on how different sources of identity threat and different critical experiences, especially regarding career progress and perceived social support, lead to different responses and outcomes of talent designation.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The “dark side” of smart contracts: A contract theory perspective","authors":"Massimiliano Vatiero","doi":"10.1111/emre.12676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12676","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Smart contracts govern transactions using the blockchain as the enforcing medium. They may be a cheaper form of governance of transactions compared to traditional contracts, the hierarchy of firms, and relational contracts. However, I argue that smart contracts do not eliminate transaction costs; rather, they can increase them, particularly when considering the issue of ex-post efficiency-enhancing adaptation. Thus, while smart contracts offer a new theoretical and practical way to govern transactions, they are not without challenges and limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"21 3","pages":"516-519"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blockchain, tokens, smart contracts, and “decentralized autonomous organization”: Expanding and renewing the mechanisms of governance?","authors":"Cyril Chambefort, Magali Chaudey","doi":"10.1111/emre.12677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12677","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Blockchain, tokens, smart contracts, and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) are increasingly shaping discussions in media and research. The aim of this contribution is to explore how governance theory can clarify these concepts and how the application of theory to this new problem can also enrich governance theory itself.</p><p>We focus on the technical environment (blockchain and tokens) that is at the heart of this new form of organization. By exploiting the intrinsic attributes of blockchain (decentralization, immutability, and transparency), smart contracts and DAOs are coordination mechanisms that expand the possibilities of interagent interactions and horizontal coordination, eliminating information asymmetries and the need for trusted third parties. In addition, by taking advantage of the transparency and immutability inherent in blockchain, smart contracts and DAOs make it possible to find and record agreements securely, automating contractual clauses.</p><p>We argue that these technologies have a significant potential to renew the contractual approach to governance and to overcome some of the limitations of traditional theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"21 3","pages":"511-515"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142174125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pegah Sajadi, Christian Vandenberghe, Ariane Ollier‐Malaterre
{"title":"Self‐verification and social dominance in coworker dyads","authors":"Pegah Sajadi, Christian Vandenberghe, Ariane Ollier‐Malaterre","doi":"10.1111/emre.12671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12671","url":null,"abstract":"This article conceptualizes the bright and dark sides of self‐verification processes among dyads of coworkers from different social groups. We argue that these processes depend on coworkers' social dominance orientation (SDO), which determines whether they hold dominant, subordinate, or egalitarian social identities. The proposed typology identifies four types of dyads. In <jats:italic>stormy</jats:italic> dyads, the member of the dominant social group has a high SDO, the member of the subordinate social group has a low SDO, and self‐verification is associated with reciprocal covert (and occasionally overt) coworker antagonism. In <jats:italic>conforming</jats:italic> dyads, both members have high SDO, and self‐verification leads to covert antagonistic behaviors from the dominant member. In <jats:italic>egalitarian</jats:italic> dyads, both members have low SDO, and self‐verification leads to long‐term affective and instrumental coworker support. Finally, in <jats:italic>compassionate</jats:italic> dyads, the member of the dominant social group has a low SDO, the member of the subordinate social group has a high SDO, and coworker support is instrumental. We examine the implications of this typology for our understanding of self‐verification processes in the context of diversity among coworker relationships.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142189770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socioeconomic development and the evolution of workplace values in contemporary Poland","authors":"Habte G. Woldu, Agnieszka Skuza, Pawan Budhwar","doi":"10.1111/emre.12670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12670","url":null,"abstract":"This study, using a standardized cultural perspective survey, examines the link between economic transformation and workplace value changes in contemporary Poland. The study surveyed a sample of 870 employees from diverse organizations in major Polish cities. The data were collected during three significant transformational phases: 1995–1999, 2005–2009, and 2015–2019. The findings reveal that post‐transition Polish employees, compared with their early‐transition and late‐transition counterparts, demonstrate higher traits of egalitarianism, less bias towards fellow human beings, and higher self‐reliant behavior in the workplace. This finding is much more robust when controlling for age, in which younger employees, compared with older ones, demonstrate significantly higher traits in the above‐mentioned patterns. The study contributes to management science by enhancing our understanding of the relationship between socioeconomic transformation and value evolution.","PeriodicalId":47372,"journal":{"name":"European Management Review","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141932925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}