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High-Quality Employment Relationships: Sustainable Management Through a Psychological Contract Perspective
No full textInternational audienceThe literature on sustainable management has seen a stark increase in publications in the last few years. A considerable number of papers were written on models or specific human resource practices that aim to provide clarity on what sustainable human resources entail. However, many publications seem to show that sustainable management focuses primarily on employer-driven outcomes and external stakeholders. In this chapter we therefore focus on employees and high-quality employment relationships through the lens of the psychological contract. We propose that by focusing on developing a high-quality psychological contract, companies will select the right contract terms in the form of sustainable human resource practices so as to realize the desired outcomes such as employee commitment and retention. After a short introduction on sustainability, we discuss psychological contracts and zoom in on three specific areas in which companies can make a real difference in generating high-quality relationships, thereby putting in place an employee-centered sustainable human resource management.The literature on sustainable management has seen a stark increase in publications in the last few years. A considerable number of papers were written on models or specific human resource practices that aim to provide clarity on what sustainable human resources entail. However, many publications seem to show that sustainable management focuses primarily on employer-driven outcomes and external stakeholders. In this chapter we therefore focus on employees and high-quality employment relationships through the lens of the psychological contract. We propose that by focusing on developing a high-quality psychological contract, companies will select the right contract terms in the form of sustainable human resource practices so as to realize the desired outcomes such as employee commitment and retention. After a short introduction on sustainability, we discuss psychological contracts and zoom in on three specific areas in which companies can make a real difference in generating high-quality relationships, thereby putting in place an employee-centered sustainable human resource management
Adaptation Behavior in Using One-Stop Smart Governance Apps: An Exploratory Study Between Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives
No full textInternational audienceThis paper aims at exploring the characteristics of adaptation behavior of citizens, in order to help better develop strategies for engaging citizens in using the apps
How to measure inclusion in higher education: an inclusive rating
No full textInternational audienceNowadays, inclusion is a main concern whoever and wherever. Higher education and business schools have been criticized for their non-inclusion for many years. In this context, higher educa-tion has a model role to play within inclusion. However, there is a lack of tools to measure the in-clusivity levels of institutions. Thus, it is difficult to really know if higher education is inclusive or not and in case of needed where they must be more inclusive. This paper proposes a new tool. This created inclusivity index provides an operational answer to assess inclusivity. This tool does not rank institutions as ranking was highly criticized. It rates the levels of inclusivity of all the stakeholders of higher education for different dimensions
Linkage of blockchain to enterprise resource planning systems for improving sustainable performance: .
No full textInternational audienceThe present article analyzes the use of enterprise resources planning (ERP) packages to be part of the solution for the main issues related to the blockchain. ERP modules have been listed and tested against seven propositions, to check the ability to better use ERP for solving blockchain concerns. The research is based on the previous study of Saberi et al. (2019; 10.1080/00207543.2018.1533261) about the relationship between sustainable supply chain management and blockchain. We use structural equation modeling (SEM) to check the validity of the propositions. Based on the results, we propose recommendations for companies to sustainably improve their supply chain strategy with the use of blockchain, along with ERP modules. The results show that the selected companies would benefit from ERP and blockchain technol- ogy integration, as they both improve their sustainable corporate performance and integrate them more successfully in the supply chain. ERP and blockchain are to be used together to approach today's challenges and better prepare companies for the uncertain future
Se familiariser avec la démarche d’absorption de la nouveauté : le rôle d’un atelier participatif dédié à des entrepreneurs de TPE
No full textNational audienceThe participatory workshop plays a key role in the development of entrepreneurs and their companies. The new alternative methods it proposes generate collective ideas and thus innovative solutions. We show how, during two workshops, thirty-six entrepreneurs became familiar with a six-step codesign process and managed to absorb the newness to explore new ideas brought by other entrepreneurs. We have identified the specific characteristics of three activities supporting a Dynamic Individual Absorptive Capacity, as well as a fourth one related to the facilitation of a workshop as a space favoring this familiarization.L’atelier participatif joue un rôle clé dans le développement des entrepreneurs et de leur entreprise. Les méthodes alternatives nouvelles qu’il propose sont génératrices d’idées collectives, puis en solution innovante. Nous montrons comment, lors de deux ateliers, 36 entrepreneurs se sont familiarisés avec une démarche de co-design en 6 étapes et sont parvenus à absorber la nouveauté pour explorer de nouvelles idées apportées par d’autres entrepreneurs. Nous avons identifié les spécificités des trois activités soutenant une Capacité Dynamique d’Absorption Individuelle ainsi qu’une quatrième relative à l’animation d’un atelier comme espace favorisant cette familiarisation
Does the circular economy fuel the throwaway society? The role of opportunity costs for products that lose value over time
No full textInternational audienceThe efficient use of natural resources is considered a necessary condition for their sustainable use. Extending the lifetime of products and using resources circularly are two popular strategies to increase the efficiency of resource use. Both strategies are usually assumed to contribute to the eco-efficiency of resource use independently. We argue that a move to a circular economy creates opportunity costs for consumers holding on to their products, due to the resource embedded in the product. Assuming rational consumers, we develop a model that determines optimal replacement times for products subject to minimizing average costs over time. We find that in a perfectly circular economy, consumers are incentivized to discard their products more quickly than in a perfectly linear economy. A direct consequence of our finding is that extending product use is in direct conflict with closing resource loops in the circular economy. We identify the salvage value of discarded products and technical progress as two factors that determine the impact that closing resource loops has on the duration of product use. The article highlights the risk that closing resource loops and moving to a more circular economy incentivizes more unsustainable behavior
Indispensable components of creativity, innovation, and FMCG companies' competitive performance: a resource-based view (RBV) of the firm
No full textInternational audiencePurpose – A total of 210 valid paper-and-pencil questionnaires were received from fast-moving consumer goods/small and medium-sized enterprises (FMCG-SMEs) to empirically test the proposed model. Structural equation modelling approach was performed to assess the model fit, measurement and structural models for exogenous and endogenous constructs, and test of nonlinearity.Design/methodology/approach – In the hyper-competitive world, while the essence of strategy making is often focussed on environmental and market-based analysis or the structure of the market, the important role of resources and capabilities in determining firm performance and overall strategy formulation within SMEs begs attention. Grounded in the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, organisational improvisation theory and componential theory of creativity, the purpose of this research is to look beyond the determinants of creativity, innovation and proposes a theoretical model investigating organisations formative performance in strategy formulation. Findings – The results imply that intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, creativity-related processes and expertise as the firm’s capabilities positively influence improvisational creativity, and creativity-related processes and expertise also positively impact on compositional creativity. Surprisingly, intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are not conducive to compositional creativity, and the relationships between extrinsic motivation and improvisational creativity as well as improvisational creativity and performance are nonlinear. Furthermore, both improvisational creativity and compositional creativity are found to be predictors of innovation in FMCG-SMEs. Practical implications – Thus, organisations and specifically FMCG-SMEs can increase the level of improvisational creativity if they formulate strategies to motivate employees both intrinsically and extrinsically, and further, they can boost the level of compositional creativity in their companies through hiring and nurturing experts. Originality/value – Less attention has been paid to motivation, creativity, innovation, performance and strategy linkages as the prominent source of competitive advantages among FMCG-SMEs, especially in developing countries. Theoretically, through introducing extrinsic motivation as the predictors of improvisational creativity and innovation, from strategic management perspectives, the empirical findings of this research illustrate that resources and capabilities (RBV) lead to improved competitive performance within the FMCG-SMEs. This study also provides empirical evidence for the nonlinear nature of the relationship between motivation and creativity
Demand forecasting in supply chains: a review of aggregation and hierarchical approaches
No full textInternational audienceDemand forecasts are the basis of most decisions in supply chain management. The granularityof these decisions lead to different forecast requirements. For example, inventory replenishmentdecisions require forecasts at the individual SKU level over lead time, whereas forecasts at higherlevels, over longer horizons, are required for supply chain strategic decisions. The most accurateforecasts are not always obtained from data at the ’natural’ level of aggregation. In some cases,forecast accuracy may be improved by aggregating data or forecasts at lower levels, or disaggregating data or forecasts at higher levels, or by combining forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation.Temporal and cross-sectional aggregation approaches are well established in the literature. Morerecently, it has been argued that these two approaches do not make the fullest use of data available at the different hierarchical levels of the supply chain. Therefore, consideration of forecastinghierarchies (over time and other dimensions), and combinations of forecasts across hierarchical levels, have been recommended. This paper provides a comprehensive review of research dealing withaggregation and hierarchical forecasting in supply chains, based on a systematic search. The reviewenables the identification of major research gaps and the presentation of an agenda for furtherresearch
Maritime Cooperative Working Agreements
No full textInternational audienceTextual standardization is the expected route for documents in specific disciplinary fields, particularly for legal documents (Gotti 2012). Yet organizations in these fields need common conventions that allow for innovation and flexibility as they face complex professional contexts (Bhatia 2012). Our qualitative data concerning the maritime shipping industry’s use of the legal instruments known as “Cooperative Working Agreements” give evidence that variability allows communities to attain latent professional goals. Genre in language for special purposes, even in legal language, should be seen a double-edged sword, allowing professional communities to legitimately accomplish goals through both standardization and variability