Dual face of HRM formalization in SME: A gift exchange approach

Le double visage de la formalisation de la GRH en PME: une approche par la logique du don/contre-don

Ludivine Adla () and Virginie Gallego-Roquelaure ()
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Ludivine Adla: UGA INP IAE - Grenoble Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
Virginie Gallego-Roquelaure: UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon, MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon

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Abstract: The main objective of this study is to demonstrate the impact of the formalization of HRM on the exchange relationships between actors in an SME in the Social and Solidarity Economy Sector. We apply gift/counter-gift theory in a longitudinal qualitative study in a French SME. The findings demonstrate the dual face of the formalization of HRM: when it stems from the humanist values of the owner-manager, it facilitates gift/counter-gift relationships; when it is a response to environmental constraints, it causes a deterioration in gift/counter-gift relationships. More specifically, the effects of formalizing HRM need to be examined in light of the owner-manager's justification of the formalization.

Keywords: HRM; SME; Formalization; Gift; Relationship; GRH; PME; Formalisation; Don; Relations; Contre-Don (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-04-01
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Published in Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, 2022, 2022/1 (123), pp.57-68. ⟨10.3917/grhu.123.0057⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/grhu.123.0057

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