Many tools have been implemented by HRM departments to improve organizational commitment and so employees performance at work. This study aims at testing the impact of organizational trust (distinguishing trust in top management and trust in supervisor) on both organizational commitment and...

The aim of this chapter is to better understand how identity regulation – a key mode of control – is exercised within organizations. This process ‘encompasses the more or less intentional effects of social practices upon processes of identity construction and reconstruction’ (Alvesson &...

Workplace bullying is often studied using an individual approach that is centred on a pathological “play” between a torturer and a victim. Conversely, this article employs an organisational approach, as our goal is to analyze the organisational antecedents of workplace bullying. Our study is...

La question du mal-être au travail, que ce soit sous l'angle du stress ou des suicides au travail récemment médiatisés, a brutalement fait irruption dans l'agenda stratégique des dirigeants. Afin d'améliorer la santé des salariés et de promouvoir leur bien-être, il est utile de...

Lorsque les attentes des salariés ne rencontrent plus celles de leur entreprise ou, plus simplement, lorsque les salariés ne sont pas satisfaits des politiques de leur entreprise, la relation d’emploi peut se dégrader. Depuis les travaux d’Hirschman (1970), nous savons que les réactions...

In the context of a rapid and massive extension of salaried apprenticeships, an increasing number of organizations are confronted with issues regarding the support and retention of employees that simultaneously carry out their apprenticeships while completing academic programs. Faced with these...

In the last decades, identity has become an increasing target and outcome of organizational control, notably through processes of identity regulation (Alvesson and Willmott, 2002). Several studies provide strong evidence of the relevance of the organizational practices of identity regulation...