Beyond the Mirror: Better Understanding the Drifts of Internal Mobility Through the Case of France Télécom

De l'autre côté du miroir: Mieux comprendre les dérives de la mobilité interne grâce au cas France Télécom

Amélie Notais (), Anne Janand (), Yoann Bazin () and Hugo Gaillard ()
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Amélie Notais: ARGUMans - Laboratoire de recherche en gestion Le Mans Université - UM - Le Mans Université
Anne Janand: UP8 - Université Paris 8, LED - Laboratoire d'Economie Dionysien - UP8 - Université Paris 8
Yoann Bazin: CEROS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Organisations et la Stratégie - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre, Saïd Business School - University of Oxford
Hugo Gaillard: ARGUMans - Laboratoire de recherche en gestion Le Mans Université - UM - Le Mans Université

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Abstract: Contemporary companies, like individuals, are caught today in an imperative of adaptation, and people working within organizations are required to be increasingly mobile and flexible. By conducting a longitudinal study of the case of France Télécom, this article takes a look "behind the mirror" and reveals how the group made use of internal mobility to meet competitive pressures, and how this practice evolved from a potentially virtuous tool into one whose excesses were central to the company's conviction for institutional moral harassment. The article highlights five configurations of internal mobility at France Télécom: (1) an extension of the scope of geographical mobility, (2) a large-scale redefinition of occupational roles, (3) a disjunctive function in social relations, (4) the erasure of historical administrative reference points, and (5) high-speed, forced internal mobility. It examines their effects and points to possible mechanisms for detecting and mitigating such practices in the future.

Keywords: institutional moral harassment; human risks; internal mobility; mobilité interne; carrière; harcèlement moral institutionnel; risques humains; careers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Revue internationale de psychosociologie et de gestion des comportements organisationnels, inPress

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