Globalization and the Careers of Mexican Knowledge Workers: An Exploratory Study of Employer and Worker Adaptations

Boutilier, Robert G.

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“…After all, things similar to nepotism exist in many parts of the world, for example, Guanxi in China (Chua, Morris, & Ingram, 2009;Lovett, Simmons, & Kali, 1999) and blat in Russia (Michailova & Worm, 2003;Puffer, McCarthy, & Boisot, 2010). Prior studies have addressed nepotism in places such as Italy (Scoppa, 2009), eastern Europe (Silverman & Case, 2001), China (Redfern & Crawford, 2010), Taiwan (Yeh, Lee, & Woidtke, 2001), Mexico (Boutilier, 2009) and the former Soviet bloc (Osipian, 2010). Bellow (2003) even discusses the historic prevalence of nepotism in the United States.…”

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Nepotism in the Arab World: An Institutional Theory Perspective

2013

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ABSTRACT:We examine the practice of nepotism in the Arab World and analyze how a rational-legal model of bureaucracy was never able to take hold. We draw upon ideas from institutional theory and related notions of legitimacy to provide an explanation of nepotism’s extraordinary persistence. Then we use arguments to speculate how the appearance of institutional entrepreneurs who are advocates for a new hybrid form of nepotism might begin to colonize a social space created by larger political and economic changes that are sweeping the Arab World. Those entrepreneurs must persuade other members of an extended family that the current practice of nepotism is typically destructive of a firm’s competitive performance. In addition, they will argue that nepotism as currently practiced violates teachings of Islam. This second argument is likely to be particularly effective with an audience that sees Islam as a source of universal notions of justice and fairness.

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Section: Perspectives On Nepotismmentioning

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Nepotism in the Arab World: An Institutional Theory Perspective

2013

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“…First, based on a search of the literature on nepotism, favoritism and cronyism, (e.g. Boutilier, 2009 ; Khatri & Tsang, 2003 ; Spranger et al, 2012 ) we specified the content of the items, covering the domains of HR practices relevant to RBI. This lead us to 40 initial items.…”

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Societal Inequality, Corruption and Relation-Based Inequality in Organizations

2021

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Our paper contributes to emerging management research on the effects of societal inequality. It aims to study the relationship between societal-level inequality and perceived unequal HR practices within organizations based on relationships which we term “relation-based inequality” (RBI). We further examine the moderating effect of country corruption on the RBI-employee commitment link. Thus, whereas previous research has looked at single countries, there is still much to know about societal effects of inequality and corruption on employee perceptions and attitudes at work across countries. By surveying 691employees from five countries and using country-level indicators we take a first step in this direction, and establish that inequality (income, health and education) is linked to higher levels of relation-based HR practices. We also show that the effect of RBI is different for continuance, affective and normative commitment, and contingent on country corruption levels.

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“…Concepts similar to guanxi are found in various other cultures that score high on collectivism, such as blat in Russia (Ledeneva, 1998(Ledeneva, , 2009 and wasta in Arab countries (Sidani & Thornberry, 2013). Even in the absence of a specific term that denote the ritual of social interaction, culturally driven tendencies to give preferential treatment to close others may still manifest from related cultural values, as observed in Mexico (Boutilier, 2009). Such cultural norms may then permeate into organizational decisions.…”

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Cultural Dimensions as Correlates of Favoritism and the Mediating Role of Trust

Im¹,

Chen²

2019

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Purpose: This study sought to examine the relation of cultural practices and values with favoritism and nepotism/cronyism. Additionally, this study’s purpose was also to examine how trust mediates the relation between culture and favoritism. Design/Methodology/Approach: Correlations were used for exploratory investigation into the bivariate relations between culture and favoritism and nepotism/cronyism across 97 cultures. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were then conducted to examine the cultural correlates of favoritism and nepotism/cronyism holding all other variables constant. Lastly, partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to examine the mediating role of societal levels of trust. Findings: Bivariate correlations show that collectivism, familism, uncertainty avoidance, and power distance are positive correlates of both favoritism and nepotism/cronyism. Institutional collectivism, future orientation, and trust, on the other hand, were negative correlates of favoritism and nepotism/cronyism. Uncertainty avoidance and trust were key correlates of favoritism while familism and future orientation were key correlates of nepotism/cronyism. Trust fully mediated the relation between culture and favoritism but did not mediate the relation between culture and nepotism/cronyism. Originality/Value: This study adds to the current body of literature on culture and favoritism. Notably, the findings regarding different key cultural correlates with respect to favoritism and nepotism/cronyism provide valuable implications for expanding our understanding of the psychological and social nuances of favoritism. Specifically, favoritism in transactions and interactions with those not bound by social commitment relationships may be explained by beliefs while interactions with those with social relationships (e.g., family and friends) may be explained by preferences.

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Globalization and the Careers of Mexican Knowledge Workers: An Exploratory Study of Employer and Worker Adaptations

Abstract: family firm, globalization, knowledge economy, knowledge worker, meritocracy, Mexico, nepotism, patriarchy,

Cited by 14 publications

References 23 publications

Nepotism in the Arab World: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Nepotism in the Arab World: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Societal Inequality, Corruption and Relation-Based Inequality in Organizations

Cultural Dimensions as Correlates of Favoritism and the Mediating Role of Trust

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