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

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

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🚨 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
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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

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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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by Sven Horak

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Fresh off the press:

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

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

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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....
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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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… That may reveal ingroup/ outgroup affiliation which plays a role in korea. Anyway, we should write a paper on that :)
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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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"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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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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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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Dito, Richard! Thanks for connecting 👍

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Informal Networks in International Business at 1014 👉 www.1014.nyc/events/discu...
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Wonderful conversation on the ambiguities of Networking Across Cultures with Frauke Bender and Marie-Christine Dobro 👉 culturexchange.podigee.io
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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

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

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