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Legacies of fathers’ solo leave: Dual-career couples and dynamic linked care(ers) 父亲独自休假的影响：双职工夫妇和动态联系照顾者

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-07-04 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261462035

Emma Banister, Ben Kerrane, Joanna Wilson

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The freedom and insecurity paradox: Exploring the complex landscape of remote work experiences among early-career professionals 自由和不安全感的悖论：探索早期职业人士远程工作经历的复杂景观

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261459217

Aykut Berber, Fatih Avcilar, Didem Taser-Erdogan, A. Gökhan Acar

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Communicating more or less? Employees’ playful work design and their voice and feedback-seeking behaviors 沟通更多还是更少？员工的游戏性工作设计与员工的声音和反馈寻求行为

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-06-26 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261455310

Yangxin Wang, Youngsang Kim, Seung Soo Eo

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Why change towards gender equality is glacially slow: Unpacking how men’s ambivalent manoeuvring sustains the masculine status quo 为什么性别平等的变化如此缓慢：揭示男性的矛盾策略如何维持男性化的现状

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-31 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261448479

Julia C Nentwich, Chris Steyaert

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Reimagining agency: Subjectivity as a radical lens on institutional work 重新构想代理：作为机构工作激进镜头的主体性

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-31 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261449074

Marianna Fotaki, Ajnesh Prasad, Yuliya Shymko

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Temporal work and the power to delay: How organizations negotiate climate change 时间工作和延迟的权力：组织如何谈判气候变化

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-30 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261451156

Oliver Hirschfelder, Tobias Gutmann, Karin Kreutzer

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Navigating vulnerability in elite organizational socialization: Insights on new politicians’ use of reputational behaviors 精英组织社会化中的脆弱性导航：对新政治家使用声誉行为的洞察

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-13 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261447841

Helena D Cooper-Thomas, Jo Silvester, James Greenslade-Yeats

{"title":"Navigating vulnerability in elite organizational socialization: Insights on new politicians’ use of reputational behaviors","authors":"Helena D Cooper-Thomas, Jo Silvester, James Greenslade-Yeats","doi":"10.1177/00187267261447841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267261447841","url":null,"abstract":"Elites have significant influence on their institutions and therefore whether elite newcomers sink or swim has important ramifications for many stakeholders, including elites’ colleagues, organizations, and wider society. And yet ‘sinking’ seems to be relatively common outcome for elite newcomers, whose high failure rates might suggest a sub-par socialization process. Given this problem, surprisingly little research has investigated how elite newcomers experience and respond to socialization. We address this lack of research through a qualitative study of elite newcomers, specifically new politicians entering a national legislature for the first time. Drawing on interviews and archival data, we illuminate the complex and at times ruthless process of elite newcomer socialization. Specifically, we identify four new socialization challenges that impact elite newcomers and suggest how these can develop socialization tactics theory. We identify reputational vulnerability as a novel motivator, caused by these challenges and compelling elite newcomers to respond. Finally, we reveal a range of protect and promote reputational behaviors elite newcomers use to respond in order to establish and maintain their elite position.","PeriodicalId":48433,"journal":{"name":"Human Relations","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Algorithmic management and worker agency: The platform perspective on algoactivism 算法管理与工人代理：算法行动主义的平台视角

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-12 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261445807

Prakriti Dasgupta, Ronan Carbery, Anthony McDonnell, Stefan Jooss

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Human RelationsCall for Papers for Special Issue: Polarization and the Changing World of Organizations – New Challenges and Perspectives 《人际关系》特刊征文：两极分化和组织世界的变化——新的挑战和前景

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261443163

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Human Relations Annual Call for Special Issue Proposals 《人际关系》年度特刊提案征集

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Human Relations Pub Date : 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1177/00187267261442307

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