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Co-worker reactions to i-deals

01/10/2020

2 min

In this video, Professors Elise Marescaux from IÉSEG and Yasin Rofcanin (University of Bath) present research* on co-worker reactions to individual work arrangements (i-deals) that employees may negotiate with their supervisor. They speak about their findings, the potential side effects of such deals, and practical advice for managers to bear in mind before agreeing to i-deals.

*Co-worker reactions to i-deals through the lens of social comparison: The role of fairness and emotions, (Human Relations 2019), Elise Marescaux, Sophie De Winne (Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven,), Yasin Rofcanin (University of Bath).

Elise Marescaux has a Ph.D. in Business Economics from KU Leuven (Belgium) and has expertise on various topics related to Human Resource Management. She studies the impact of training and development investments on employees and companies, and the role of line managers in this process. Moreover, she focuses on how organizations can manage the differences between employees in terms of performance, needs, and interests without being perceived as unfair and creating inequality. Her work also focuses on the notion of idiosyncratic deals (or i-deals), which are individual deals that employees make with their managers to reward them for their performance or satisfy a certain individual need. Elise studies how these deals can be made and communicated without creating dysfunctional envy and frustration among employees.