The dark side of social relationships – the context of the video game industry

Czernek-Marszałek Katarzyna (), Klimas Patrycja and Wójcik Dagmara
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Czernek-Marszałek Katarzyna: Management Theory Department, University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
Klimas Patrycja: Department of Advanced Research in Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Wroclaw, Poland
Wójcik Dagmara: Management Theory Department, University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

International Journal of Management and Economics, 2024, vol. 60, issue 2, 89-107

Abstract: Paper’s objectives The paper aims to explore the negative impacts of social relationships (SR) on business activity. As a research context, the video game industry (VGI) and the video game developers’ (VGDs) relationships are analyzed. Design/methods 17 semistructured in-depth interviews and 1 focus group interview with Polish VGDs were conducted. Findings (1) support for five negatives of SR previously discussed in the literature (2) recognition of the four original negatives (i.e., employee turnover, buying up employees, inefficiency/termination of interorganizational cooperation, and confidential information leakage); and (3) recognition of the harmful results of SR as an industry-dependent issue. Originality/value (1) Analyzing the negative consequences of SR for business, which is less frequently considered compared to the positive consequences of these relationships for business; (2) identifying dark sides previously unidentified in the literature; and (3) using the VGI as the research context.

Keywords: creative industries; dark sides; interpersonal relationships; negative effects; video game developers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L29 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2023-0025

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