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    Corporate social responsibility and employees’ embeddedness in the organization: an exploratory analysis

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    We test whether the employees’ perception of different CSR practices adopted by their employer affects employees’ embeddedness in the organization, and as a result intention to leave, by carrying out two empirical studies: one exploratory survey on 118 Italian staff unit employees and a second survey among 717 employees of an Italian large-sized retail company. The findings indicate that, among seven different dimensions of perceived CSR, just three dimensions of CSR – namely CSR towards employees, towards society and towards customers – significantly predict organizational embeddedness. Moreover, only one – i.e. ‘employee-focused CSR’ (Voegtlin & Greenwood, 2016) – has an impact on intention to leave, which is totally mediated by organizational embeddedness. Such results trigger interpretations on the conditions under which CSR is more likely to be well received, shedding light on the multifaceted nature of CSR (which could be analyzed from both an external and internal organization perspective) and contributing to advancing theory on micro-level CSR, and have implications for future research on CSR, HRM and their relationship

    How to Attract and Retain Artistic Talent: The Case of an Italian Ballet Company

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    Previous studies have highlighted the relevance of human capital in the performing arts but have not investigated which factors attract and retain artistic talent. This article aims to fill the gap by answering three research questions: How can organizations attract and retain artistic talent? Why do artists choose to work with a particular organization? Do retention factors differ from attraction factors? In order to address these questions, the authors conducted an explorative case study of Italy???s most renowned contemporary ballet company, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Aterballetto. Differences among attraction and retention factors emerged based on individual characteristics such as professional experience and professional needs. All dancers were attracted by the reputation of the resident choreographer, the reputation of the organization and the ???flat??? structure of the organization. The main retention factors were as follows: for all dancers, characteristics of the creative process; for the more experienced dancers, the perception of a collaborative and open environment offering opportunities to collaborate with both organizational members and external artists and thus to develop a professional network. Implications for research and management are discussed

    Dancing in the digitalization: a case study on the sociomaterial platformization of creative organizations

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    Over the last years, basically due to the Covid pandemic and the related acceleration of digitalization of creative processes, cultural organizations have moved to digital platforms from their traditional physical premises. This shift has modified not only the fruition of cultural services by audiences, but also the production of creative content and the organization of artistic work. To explore these issues in an empirical setting, we adopt the theoretical framework of sociomateriality and carry out a qualitative case study on the screendance “1 Meter CLOSER”, performed during the 2020 lockdown by the Italian contemporary dance company, Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Aterballetto. Our findings reveal sociomaterial relationships between three aggregated dimensions (i.e., means of production, practice sites, organizational culture), suggesting that the platformization of performances gave performing arts organizations the opportunity to renew reciprocal adaptation between humans, sites/sights of production and digital means, also contributing to revitalize organizational purpose and identity
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