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Sven Horak

@svenhorak.bsky.social

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#Networking across cultures #HR #Leadershipethics Research page: https://facpub.stjohns.edu/horaks

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · 18d

Open Research Seminar, Oct. 3rd, 101
Astor Place, NY, 4pm

👉 RULE-BREAKING, INNOVATION, AND MISSION INTEGRITY: NEW FRONTIERS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NONPROFIT RESEARCH

RSVP / REGISTRATION
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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE CFP

“THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAGILITY OF INCLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY HRM SYSTEMS"

-️ Submission due: 25 Sept. 2026

➡️ Details here: lnkd.in/emY-eVaN

#DEIB #HRM #Leadership #Identity #Belonging #Diversity #Talentmanagement #Opportunity #Gender #Race #Class #Informality #Power #HRSystems

➡️ Full details available here: https://lnkd.in/emY-eVaN

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Aug 1

New research out:

The Virtues and Vices of Employee Engagement and its Drivers in an Informal Network Context: A Cultural Approach.

#EmployeeEngagement #InformalNetworks #Networking #SocialCapital #Identity #HRPractices #HRM #leadership #businessethics

doi.org/10.1007/s105...

The Virtues and Vices Of Employee Engagement and Its Drivers in an Informal Network Context: A Cultural Approach - Journal of Business Ethics

Informal networks are potentially central yet underexplored antecedents of employee engagement. Much of the existing literature assumes engagement drivers to be universally applicable, often overlooki...

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fresh off the press:

Navigating ethical tensions in social enterprises: A business ethics as practice perspective

#SocialEnterprise #SocialEntrepreneurship #BusinessEthics #Leadership #HybridOrganizations #EthicalTensions #EthicalVitality #EthicalAgility

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Navigating ethical tensions in social enterprises: A business ethics as practice perspective

Social enterprises must achieve both social and financial goals. These goals need to be aligned when balancing divergent interests for positive social change, financial viability and securing suitabl....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Apr 23

Great to discuss how informal networks operate, and Why and How Outsiders should leverage their outsider status. Listen to my interview on the @97% Effective podcast, with Award-winning Author & Executive Coach @mcwenderoth redcircle.com/shows/97-eff...

#networking #networks #leadership #social

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Dec 20

… That may reveal ingroup/ outgroup affiliation which plays a role in korea. Anyway, we should write a paper on that :)

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Dec 19

What is the role of #informal #networks in the social exclusion of #women in the workforce?

Sven Horak & Yuliani Suseno find that informal networks & institutions negatively influence women’s #careers & can exclude them from networking

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Informal Networks, Informal Institutions, and Social Exclusion in the Workplace: Insights from Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations in Korea - Journal of Business Ethics

Drawing on interviews with decision makers in multinational corporations (MNCs) in South Korea, we examine the role of informal networks in the social exclusion of women in the workforce. Although leg...

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Dec 19

"personal connections are the most important factor in long-term health and happiness" www.wsj.com/articles/the...

Essay | The Lifelong Power of Close Relationships

In its 85 years and counting, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has found that personal connections are the most important factor in long-term health and happiness.

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Dec 19

Learn how foreign companies can leverage their foreign status in developing their own informal networks in South Korea- bit.ly/3AbTgb2
#socialcapital #informalnetworks

Turning a liability into an asset of foreignness: Managing informal networks in Korea

Although foreignness can bring both benefits and costs to a business, much of the literature has focused on the liability of foreignness (LOF), while …

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Jeppe Hansgaard @jeppehansgaard.bsky.social · Nov 25

Connectivity drives innovation…
Connectivity drives wellbeing…
Connectivity drives performance…
Connectivity drives sales…
Connectivity drives agility…
Connectivity drives retention…

Yet, most leaders still ignore connectivity as a key driver for what they aim to achieve.

Don’t be that leader.

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Nov 19

Dito, Richard! Thanks for connecting 👍

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Nov 16

Informal Networks in International Business at 1014 👉 www.1014.nyc/events/discu...

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Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Nov 16

Wonderful conversation on the ambiguities of Networking Across Cultures with Frauke Bender and Marie-Christine Dobro 👉 culturexchange.podigee.io

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Nov 16

If you teach #management in an #international context, you may find this useful: Informal Network Infographics - Available for download as a .zip file here 👉 facpub.stjohns.edu/horaks/prep/...

#informalnetworks #internationalbusiness #socialcapital #ethics #humanresources #leadership

Sven Horak @svenhorak.bsky.social · Nov 16

#Networking Abroad - Turning a liability into an asset of #foreignness

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