Tell it like it is in SME teams: adverse working conditions, citizenship behaviour, and the role of team information sharing in a turbulent economy

Margarita Nyfoudi; Nicholas Theodorakopoulos; Alexandros Psychogios; Anders Dysvik

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Tell it like it is in SME teams: adverse working conditions, citizenship behaviour, and the role of team information sharing in a turbulent economy

Margarita Nyfoudi, Nicholas Theodorakopoulos, Alexandros Psychogios, Anders Dysvik

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This article examines the relationship between the deterioration of working conditions concomitant with macroeconomic turbulence and employees’ citizenship, i.e. discretionary effort, towards the organisation. In particular, this study focuses on teams and how to redress the employee backlash against the increasing adversity experienced. Having collected data from 151 employees in 23 Cypriot small and medium enterprise teams during a macroeconomic crisis, the findings demonstrate that adverse working conditions relate negatively to discretionary effort only for those teams with low and moderate levels of information sharing. The study highlights the vital role of team information sharing in dampening the negative workplace repercussions of a deeply recessional economy.

Original language	English
Journal	Economic and Industrial Democracy
Early online date	10 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20925544
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jun 2020

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Crisis
Cyprus
OCB
SMEs
Working Conditions
organisational citizenship behaviour
small and medium-sized entre
teams

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HRM in SMEs Under Turbulence: An Employee-Centric Perspective
Nyfoudi, M., 2 Feb 2024, Reframing HRM in SMEs: Challenges and Dynamics. Nolan, C. & Harney, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 183-203 21 p.
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Many hands lighter work? deciphering the relationship between adverse working conditions and organization citizenship behaviours in small and medium‐sized enterprises during a severe economic crisis
Psychogios, A., Nyfoudi, M., Theodorakopoulos, N., Szamosi, L. T. & Prouska, R., Jul 2019, In: British Journal of Management. 30, 3, p. 519-537
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Tell it like it is in SME teams: adverse working conditions, citizenship behaviour, and the role of team information sharing in a turbulent economy

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HRM in SMEs Under Turbulence: An Employee-Centric Perspective

Many hands lighter work? deciphering the relationship between adverse working conditions and organization citizenship behaviours in small and medium‐sized enterprises during a severe economic crisis

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