Risk of Increased Acceptance for Organizational Nepotism and Cronyism during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ignatowski, Grzegorz; Sułkowski, Łukasz; Stopczyński, Bartłomiej

doi:10.3390/risks9040059

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“…This problem urges the search for alternative methods of manifesting corporate social responsibility, which is ensured in the second case-a company has to demonstrate flexibility and innovative activity to support the previous production capacities load with the observation of the imposed limitations for the effective COVID-19 risks management (Gębski 2021;Ignatowski et al 2021). This works for almost all companies and leads to minimal risks, providing wide opportunities for the return of investments in business modernization.…”

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Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Inshakova

Sozinova

Litvinova

2021

Risks

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The purpose of the article: to find new (most effective) directions for the corporate COVID-19 risks management and developing management implications for leading this fight amid the pandemic and crisis for sustainable development. The methods of correlation and regression analysis are used. It is proved that the most perspective method of the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks is a flexible transformation of business according to the new conditions based on the Industry 4.0 technologies. This paper further develops and supplements the concept of corporate social responsibility, including a new direction—corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks in it. The authors develop management implications on improving the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks as a new direction of corporate social responsibility amid the pandemic. The advantages of using the Industry 4.0 technologies for the corporate fight against the viral threat include reduction of the share of the population with household expenditures for healthcare above 25% of total expenditures or incomes, reduction of the number of new cases per 1 million people, and an increase of the self-isolation index, the share of responsible employers amid COVID-19 risks.

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confidence: 99%

Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Inshakova

Sozinova

Litvinova

2021

Risks

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“…One can analyze nepotism and cronyism from their impact on social capital (Ignatowski et al, 2020(Ignatowski et al, , 2021. This term refers to features of public life, such as trust, norms, and networks (Putnam, 1993(Putnam, , 2000.…”

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Do nepotism and cronyism have payoff boundaries? A cross-country investigation

Dobrowolski

Sułkowski

Przytuła

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Problems and Perspectives in Management

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In modern business, the phenomena of “nepotism” and “cronyism” are often observed, which are usually associated with corruption in the public sector and abuse of public resources. However, these phenomena are international in scale, and no country or sector of the economy is free from them. Existing research does not identify shared and contradictory interests of individuals based on nepotism or cronyism. This study aims to fill this research gap. A research hypothesis was developed and tested in order to determine a point from which nepotism and cronyism are not beneficial to their perpetrators. The research data included Poles and Albanians. According to Transparency International (2022), the obtained results showed that Polish society is currently less vulnerable to corrupt practices than Albanians. Moreover, it was substantiated that relative altruism operates as the mechanism that explains nepotism or cronyism practices. Individuals involved in nepotism or cronyism perceive these practices as a tool to reduce the risk of their operations failing. However, the phenomena lead to long-lasting reciprocity, like in the case of corruption. This study contributes to a better contextual diagnosis of organizations and helps develop preventive strategies.

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“…, 1998), Korea, India (Christie et al. , 2003) and Poland (Ignatowski et al. , 2021) have a negative view of nepotism.…”

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Does fear-based silence mediate the nepotism–employee outcomes relationship?

Jain

Srivastava

Sullivan

2022

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PurposeAlthough common throughout the world, little is known about the mechanism by which nepotism is associated with employee outcomes. Drawing from social exchange theory, this study examines whether fear-based silence mediates the relationship between nepotism with employee workplace withdrawal and career satisfaction. In addition, whether gender moderates the relationship between nepotism and fear-based silence is also examined.Design/methodology/approachTwo time-lagged surveys of 330 employees in the Indian banking sector were completed.FindingsAs hypothesized, nepotism was positively related to fear-based silence and employee workplace withdrawal; it was negatively related to career satisfaction. Fear-based silence partially mediated the relationships of nepotism with workplace withdraw and career satisfaction. Gender moderated the relationship between nepotism and fear-based silence.Practical implicationsThis study shows the negative impact of nepotism on employee outcomes and suggests means for reducing its prevalence in organizations.Originality/valueThis is the first study to examine fear-based silence as a mediator of nepotism’s relationship with employee workplace withdrawal and career satisfaction. It also answers repeated calls for more research on fear-based silence and its antecedents.

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Risk of Increased Acceptance for Organizational Nepotism and Cronyism during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 9 publications

References 95 publications

Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Do nepotism and cronyism have payoff boundaries? A cross-country investigation

Does fear-based silence mediate the nepotism–employee outcomes relationship?

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