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En France, les projets artistiques et culturels en prison se developpent fortement et sont finances par conviction et engagement par les ministeres et organisations concernes, sans reflexivite ni reelle capitalisation sur les experiences precedentes et toujours avec le doute quant a leur efficacite. C’est cette problematique sociale et politique que le projet « Evaluer l’experience culturelle en prison » ambitionne d’explorer par l’experimentation par le design. Tout au long de l’article, les auteures reflechissent sur : ce qui fonde le projet de recherche ; ses enjeux en termes de reflexion et de definition collective par le design de l’evaluation et de l’experience culturelle en prison ; l’objet Le Kiosque, qui porte le projet de developper la lecture en prison ; enfin, la methodologie proposee. L’enjeu est double : contribuer au travail sur les contours epistemologiques du design ; poser les bases d’une evaluation des projets artistiques et culturels en prison, capable de se soustraire aux injonctions de la mesure quantitative pour renouer avec ce qui fonde la valeur de ces projets du point de vue des acteurs et dans une perspective d’habitabilite du monde.

International audience; Marketing messages are most effective if they reach the right customers. Deciding which customers to contact is an important task in campaign planning. The paper focuses on empirical targeting models. We argue that common practices to develop such models do not account sufficiently for business goals. To remedy this, we propose profit-conscious ensemble selection, a modeling framework that integrates statistical learning principles and business objectives in the form of campaign profit maximization. Studying the interplay between data-driven learning methods and their business value in real-world application contexts, the paper contributes to the emerging field of profit analytics and provides original insights how to implement profit analytics in marketing. The paper also estimates the degree to which profit-concious modeling adds to the bottom line. The results of a comprehensive empirical study confirm the business value of the proposed ensemble learning framework in that it recommends substantially more profitable target groups than several benchmarks.

Mental illness is highly stigmatized and much of the extant research has focused on the ways in which having a mental illness detracts from employees’ productivity. In this study, we aim to obtain ...

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International audience; In this introduction, we try to clarify and expand on some aspects of the history of managerial thought: its methodology, its epistemology, the different types of works produced under this heading, and the contribution it can make to the epistemology of management science. We explain, in particular, that the history of managerial thought is not synonymous with the history of business, although there is an obvious intersection between these two fields. We also argue in favor of using the term “history of managerial thought” and call for the constitution of a research community to advance this subject, the vast majority of which still remains to be explored.; Dans cette introduction, nous cherchons à préciser et approfondir un certain nombre de points concernant l’Histoire de la Pensée Managériale, sa méthodologie, son épistémologie, les différents types de travaux auxquels elle peut donner naissance et l’apport qu’elle peut faire aux sciences de gestion. Nous expliquons en particulier de manière claire que l’histoire des entreprises n’est pas de l’histoire de la pensée managériale, bien qu’il y ait un lien de parenté évident entre ces deux « disciplines ». Egalement, nous plaidons pour l’emploi de ce terme d’Histoire de la Pensée Managériale, et appelons à la suite de ce numéro spécial à la constitution d’une communauté de recherche pour avancer sur ce sujet qui reste encore, dans sa très grande majorité, à explorer.

PurposeThere are different streams of research in the service marketing literature concerning value co-creation. Most of the research focuses on value co-creation for the benefit of the customer. However, value is also co-created for the benefit of the provider, especially in a business-to-business context. The purpose of this research is to understand (1) how value is co-created in a sport business-to-business context (i.e. sailing) and (2) how the prevailing value co-creation approaches explain value co-creation processes differently in a sport business-to-business context.Design/methodology/approachThe research was contextualised within the Auckland sailing cluster. Primary data were collected via 27 interviews, as well as observations at events. Secondary data include 13 documents of organisational information and archival data. Data were analysed deductively and interpreted using two different theoretical lenses: service-dominant logic (SDL) and service logic (SL).FindingsThe value co-creation analysis of the sailing cluster permitted theorising about relationships in sport management at different levels of aggregation and abstraction. Every actor is embedded in a wider sport eco-system triggered by sport activities and always has a dual role as provider and beneficiary. Actors that are in control of specific sport activities are pivotal actors and provide a value network for others.Research limitations/implicationsThis research suggests that SDL and SL approaches to value co-creation are complementary and that further research is necessary to integrate and operationalise these approaches.Practical implicationsIt helps practitioners to better understand how value is co-created in sport business-to-business contexts.Originality/valueThis research shows the complementarity of two differing theoretical approaches to explain value co-creation in sport business-to-business settings.

This article theorises how, why and with what outcomes successors manage the paradox of control and autonomy emerging as role conflict through emotion management strategies; thus, it contributes to theory building on paradox and emotion management in family business. Drawing on 20 interpretive case studies of French family businesses operating in wide-ranging industries, we highlight emotional ambivalence towards the father/incumbent, the mother, siblings and cousins, and leadership and document their prevalence in enmeshed family businesses. We show that when motivated by self-conformity and self-protection motives, successors accept the incumbent’s control and manage ambivalent emotions through defensive strategies, such as avoidance or compromise, which contributes to the pursuit of successor legitimacy. We reveal that during successor installation, successors might reject the incumbent’s control and instead promote personal autonomy by managing ambivalent emotions through confrontational strategies, such as hyperbolised emotional reactions, emotional display of negative emotions or holism, which contributes to successor emancipation.

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International audience; The academic literature generally asserts that omnichannel strategies create value throughout the customer journey based on the principle of synergy between channels. However, such strategies may appear complex to customers, notably when they face myriad e-channels that constitute all means of accessing the offer. Specifically, for digital information products, such as those of the press, digitalized content is now consumed through multiple e-channels. Our study aims to investigate the impact of e-channel combinations on the perceived value of a digital information product during the usage phase. We hypothesize that the similarity between the e-channels used by customers has a negative impact on the perceived value model. To test the research hypotheses, we conducted a longitudinal study of the readers of a digital version of an international newspaper. The results demonstrate that the similarity of echannels impedes value creation. Our findings reintroduce a more ambivalent vision of the omnichannel strategy in a digital environment and provide insights into how managers should support customers by clarifying the usefulness of each e-channel proposed.

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International audience; Research question: This study contributes to our understanding of how network structures influence cluster governance and consequently cluster outcomes. We investigate the relational structure of cross-sectoral sport clusters and how these influence network governance. Research methods: We employed a mixed methods approach, combining qualitative research data and social network analysis (SNA). Forty-nine interviews were conducted with employees from the surfing clusters in Aquitaine (France) and Torquay (Australia). The interview transcripts were subjected to two rounds of coding prior to SNA on an aggregated actor level. Results and findings: Findings from both clusters show the core is comprised of five actor types, while five other actor types are peripheral. The French case is a Network Administrative Organisation-governed Network while the Australian case is a Leading Group-governed Network. Implications: This article contributes to knowledge on network governance, more specifically on network governance in sport clusters. We extend existing theory on network governance by suggesting a fourth, intermediate mode of network governance, the leading group-governed network. Furthermore, our research provides insights for sport clusters, an under-researched context in interorganisational sport networks.

Innovation plays a central role in the sports sector. However, delivering innovative solutions is increasingly becoming a network-level phenomenon, reinforcing the need to understand the network-level dynamics. This research explores this phenomenon by building on two complementary theoretical foundations: interorganizational citizenship behavior (ICB) and social capital. The research aims to understand how different configurations of dimensions of social capital and interorganizational citizenship behavior facilitate product and process innovation. The research uses data from a horse industry cluster in France and applies fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), a method developed explicitly for configurational analysis. The results unveil a series of configurations leading to both product and process innovation. The findings show that the different dimensions of ICB and social capital have both positive and negative impacts on innovation. Moreover, the results chart multiple paths to innovation and highlight differences between product and process innovation in sports clusters.

International audience; Our special issue attracted a lot of attention! The big question is did it answer the question; utopia or dystopia? Take a look for yourself. Across two issues, we present papers on the latest trends in marketing technology, from artificial intelligence (AI), to data mining, to influencers, to smart retailing. We also present papers on engagement, positive and negative, and the psychological impacts of technology in higher education. Into the second issue, we start with a piece on, not just publish or perish, but also the need to promote. We present papers with a more international context, and finish with concerns around privacy and justice.

International audience; How can you act ethically in a publication system that attempts to regulate research activity in a way that you might find, in many respects, to be unethical? In this article, we address this question by drawing on the Aristotelian perspective of practical wisdom. Drawing on thirty semi-structured interviews with academics working in French business schools, we outline different means through which they act 'wisely' by deliberating and focusing on what is within their power and in line with their best judgment. In particular, we show how some of them succeed in performing virtuous actions both within the publication system and beyond.

International audience; Numerous scientific studies have shown that overconsumption of salt can be harmful and promotes the development of cardiovascular diseases. For this reason, many international organizations and government agencies aim to reduce overall salt consumption from food. Recent exploratory work has shown that vitamin B4 can play the role of salt substitute. This study aims on the one hand to develop and optimize a bread recipe reduced in salt and enriched with vitamin B4. On the other, it aims to study the acceptability for consumers of this double innovation, combining the addition and withdrawal of a nutrient. The study was conducted with French consumers. The sensory test showed that vitamin B4 tends to increase the perception of salt in salt-reduced bread. The acceptance of reduced-salt and vitamin B4-enriched bread was investigated in three focus-groups, mixing blind tests, information input and spontaneous evocations. Three potential targets have been identified: health-oriented young people, young parents who want to educate children to engage in a healthy lifestyle, and people broadly sensitive to nutritional information. Consumers with a pleasure and taste-oriented profile were more skeptical of the new bread formula because of greater attachment to traditional, salty French bread.

International audience; Conflict in the VCs-entrepreneurs relationships is now considered as a normal phenomenon by the entrepreneurship literature. This article draws on important results from the literature on antecedents and outcomes of conflict and the one on conflict management and introduces a deeper understanding of how VCs and entrepreneurs use the conflicts occurring in their relationship to develop cooperation. Using an inductive multiple-case study of 14 VC-entrepreneur dyads, it shows that VCs and entrepreneurs develop two behaviors, voicing out and escalating, enabling them to turn conflicting situations into dialogue and cooperation.

This study focuses on the relationships between social power and recruitment discrimination in organizations. We examine how individuals in different hierarchical positions in organizations in Fran...

PurposeAnimal welfare is increasingly favoured by consumers in their choice of food and cosmetic products, proposed by manufacturers and retailers. This study aims to investigate the impact of the “not tested on animals” claim on consumers' attitude and behavioural intention towards a cosmetic product through an enriched version of Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour.Design/methodology/approachA between-subjects design has been used. 450 participants were recruited through the social network of a cosmetics and personal hygiene brand in Quebec, Canada, and answered a questionnaire. They were randomly assigned to either a manipulation group (n = 226) or a control group (n = 224). Data were analysed with partial least squares structural equation modelling.FindingsThis study shows that external (credibility and attitude towards marketing claims) and internal psychological variables (subjective norms and altruistic concerns with animal welfare) influence attitude towards and purchase intention of “not tested on animals” personal care products. More egotistic concerns, such as personal appearance, also explain the formation of attitude towards cruelty-free cosmetics.Research limitations/implicationsThis research supplements Ajzen's original model with internal psychological (individuals' concerns with animal welfare and personal appearance) and external (general credibility of cosmetic products claims, credibility of the “not tested on animals” claim and attitude towards this claim) variables. These variables, as suggested by previous research on cosmetics and their claims, improve the understanding of consumer attitude and purchase behaviour patterns.Practical implicationsThe study's findings point out the role of companies to increase consumers' knowledge on the significance and transparency of their messages, notably the “not tested on animals” claim. They also stress that policymakers in regions where regulation is unclear should at least punish untruthful communication pertaining to animal testing in cosmetic and personal care products.Originality/valuePrior studies on cosmetic products did not investigate the difference of consumer attitude formation towards cruelty-free products compared to conventional cosmetic products. Consequently, this research shows that the construction of attitude towards cruelty-free products highly differs from conventional personal care.

This research investigates the consequences for retailers and their stores of a new sustainable consumption trend—the purchase and consumption of bulk products. It examines the effects of offering packaging-free products on three subdimensions of perceived proximity (identity, process, and relational) and on transactional loyalty (satisfaction–loyalty) and relational loyalty (satisfaction–trust–loyalty). A total of 1407 buyers and consumers of bulk products at a convenience store (of a university cooperative style) filled out an online questionnaire. These consumers were then divided into three subgroups (convinced, pragmatic, and wary). This research empirically establishes that unpacked products are a strategic tool for retailers and their stores to create or strengthen the relationships established with their customers. Unpacked products and the proximity they create between a consumer and a store are the first link in the development or preservation of a relational chain between the consumer and the store. Moreover, the step reached by the consumer in his process of purchasing and consuming packaging-free products (from the discovery stage to the already well-established habit) has a direct impact on the relational chain built.

International audience; A large body of literature documents the significant difficulties experienced by female entrepreneurs in obtaining early-stage funding from investors. We investigate this issue in the emerging equity crowdfunding (ECF) context. Our results, based on data from four French ECF platforms, confirm that the feminisation of top management significantly reduces the likelihood of funding, suggesting that crowdfunding does not alleviate the difficulties that women face in raising funds to create startups.

International audience; While past research has explored the effects of different targeted promotion strategies (e.g., temporal, geographical, crowdedness-based), it is yet to take into account the effect of social context (e.g., group cohesiveness) on consumer responses to such promotions. We develop a metric for measuring tie-strengths between individuals in a co-located group and compute a holistic measure, group cohesiveness, from longitudinal physical location data. We deploy this new metric in a field experiment to explore the effect of group cohesiveness (high vs. low) on consumer responses to mobile promotions of varying lead-times. Across all our studies, we demonstrate that shorter promotion lead-times are preferred more by individuals in the presence of high cohesive groups (versus low cohesive groups). Thus, marketers should take advantage of social context attributes (such as group cohesiveness), which can be derived from ubiquitous location tracking data to tailor their promotion based on consumers’ real-time activities.

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International audience; Research question: This paper addresses the following research questions: 1) To what extent do the procedural dimensions of the dynamic capabilities view explain non-profit sport organisations' adaptation to a changing environment? 2) To what extent do non-profit sport organisations develop routinised versus ad hoc dynamic capabilities?Research methods: Guided by an interpretivist approach we conducted semi-structured interviews with senior managers of 20 Australian golf clubs. We coded data guided by the procedural dimensions of the dynamic capabilities view but with inductively emerging sub themes.Results and findings: Our study demonstrates the usefulness of the dynamic capabilities view for investigating strategic processes within non-profit sport organisations. The three procedural dimensions-sensing, seizing, and transforming-captured the different practices undertaken within the golf clubs. Our findings suggest maturity of dynamic capability processes and success with using both routinised and ad hoc processes.Implications: Dynamic capabilities are useful for understanding the ability of non-profit sport organisations to adapt. Furthermore, routinisation depends on the maturity of an organisation's internal management processes and the means available for the latter.

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International audience; One of the most applied value scales in research is personal shopping value (PSV) by Babin, Darden, and Griffin (1994). PSV assesses consumers’ shopping experiences along hedonic and utilitarian value. The purpose of this research is the corroboration of the original article and the PSV scale to investigate the impact of the past 25 years on the scale’s dimensionality and item composition. The corroboration mirrors the original store environment, while an extension additionally considers two contemporary shopping environments: online websites and mobile apps. Results across six studies confirm shopping value’s two-dimensional structure of work and fun. However, individual items capturing hedonic and utilitarian value deviate from original PSV scale items in number and nature for current stores, online, and mobile apps environments. Researchers and practitioners should exhibit caution to blindly administer or adapt measures without considering temporal or contextual aspects of the scale that limit its applicability.

The relationship between leverage and the managerial risk-taking behavior has been largely investigated. However, little attention has been attributed to the link between these two variables for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially during and after the global crisis in continental Europe. Consequently, this paper tries to fill this gap by examining the impact of leverage on the risk-taking behavior of small business managers in France. Using a sample of 1403 French listed SME-observations over the period 2008 to 2016, the empirical findings show that the risk-taking behavior of corporate managers is positively and significantly related to the corporate leverage. This relationship is more striking and robust after than during the global crisis, especially for low growth firms. Thus, credit institutions seem to favor a high restriction on debt during the crisis and to limit their monitoring scope after the crisis particularly for firms with low conflict of interests in order to limit the related costs.

International audience; In this paper, we re-question the value of board independence for shareholders. Instead of studying the relationship between the proportion of independent directors and firm performance (as in previous studies), we analyse how shareholders perceive board independence by examining the relations between director independence and shareholder satisfaction as measured by shareholder voting outcomes in annual director elections. This approach allows us to overcome concerns about omitted firm-level characteristics and to propose a finer analysis of the value of board independence/affiliation for shareholders. We show (1) that independent and inside directors receive significantly more, and affiliated directors significantly fewer, 'for' votes in director elections than other board members, (2) that not all inside and affiliated directors hold the same value for shareholders and (3) that the leadership structure matters to shareholders.

International audience; To reduce food waste, retailers have been offering non-calibrated fruits and vegetables (FaVs) in recent years, yet the acceptance of such produce is still far from unanimous. Using reciprocal projections, our research performs a comparative analysis of French consumers' representations of eaters and non-eaters of misshapen FaVs. The overall representations rest on lexical registers that refer to economic, ecological, and sociocultural rationales. Results highlight two opposing representations of the two customer segments studied. Ugly FaVs thus reactivate current tensions that are challenging the traditional French food model. The dominant and positive description of eaters of ugly FaVs is manifested as an implicit defense of a particular French food identity that values cooking with natural and special products. Conversely, the description of non-eaters of imperfect FaVs points to the erosion of this identity in favor of a more pragmatic relationship with food, one that values standardized products. Thus, the sustainability of offering misshapen FaVs depends on the retailers' ability to reduce tensions linked to contrasting food identities by implementing educational actions aimed at children and/or immersive point-of-purchase campaigns.

International audience; This article raises two current "incapacities" of research in organizational communication: incapacity to anticipate the technological boom; incapacity to realize the organizational utopia carried by the communication sciences. In response to these "incapacities", we propose avenues for future research to help overcome them in the years to come, based in particular on the work of Habermas.; Cet article soulève deux « incapacités » actuelles des recherches en communication organisationnelles : incapacité à anticiper l’essor technologique ; incapacité à réaliser l’utopie organisationnelle portée par les sciences de la communication. En réponse à ces « incapacités », nous proposons des pistes de recherches futures pour contribuer à les dépasser en nous appuyant notamment sur les travaux d’Habermas.

International audience; Marketers, retailers, and brands increasingly rely on digital technologies to shape consumers’ journeys.Extending from the paradox of technology, which captures the coexistence of inherent benefits and risks, wepropose that empowerment from techno-mediated interactions with brands conceals vulnerability; thus, introducingthe concept of latent vulnerability. Adopting a dream interpretation approach from psychoanalysis, weexplored consumers’ reflections on the integration of techno-based interactions with brands in their consumptionjourneys. The analysis unearths processes whereby consumer empowerment may convert to experiences ofvulnerability. This research shows that, while giving consumers a sense of empowerment, techno-mediatedjourneys may hide a form of latent vulnerability. Latent vulnerability becomes manifest through revelationmechanisms that allow consumers to develop self-reflexivity and recognize their dependence and manipulation.We discuss the ethical implications that latent vulnerability raises.

L’art et la culture en prison se développent depuis maintenant plusieurs décennies en France sous l’égide des politiques publiques et se déclinent distinctement sur le territoire selon les contextes organisationnels. D’apparitions sporadiques à une présence régulière, l’art et la culture s’immiscent dans tous les lieux d’incarcération, faisant écho aux préoccupations des institutions culturelles pour les publics spécifiques. Le sujet maille donc organisations carcérales et culturelles, tout e...

Consumers are increasingly turning towards regional products (RP). The Consumer Ethnocentric Scale (CETSCALE) has been widely used to examine consumer motives for buying national and RPs. However, recent studies highlight that the CETSCALE alone does not adequately explain consumers’ intention to purchase RPs. This study adopted a mixed-method approach to provide an in-depth understanding of consumers’ motivations to buy RPs. A preliminary qualitative study based on twenty semi-structured interviews with German consumers, followed by two surveys, enabled the validation of a scale including three main drivers of consumers’ decision to purchase RPs: perceived eco-friendliness, superior quality, and territorial identity. The newly built Regional Scale (i.e., REGIOSCALE) and the CETSCALE were used to assess their explanatory power of consumers’ decision to purchase RPs. The findings reveal that the REGIOSCALE has a more substantial explanatory power of consumer decision to buy RPs than the CETSCALE.

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International audience; How do consumers react when brands take a stand on controversial socio-political issues? The results from a series of studies, involving both unknown and well-known brands, show that attitudes towards the brand decreased substantially among consumers who disagreed with a brand's stand, whereas there was no significant effect among consumers who were supportive of the brand's stand (Studies 1–4). This asymmetric effect of brand activism holds not only for brand attitude but also for consumers' behavioral intentions (Study 2) and actual choices (Study 1B). When consumers perceived the relationship between the brand and the source of the stand to be more distant, the negative effect of brand activism was weaker because it allowed consumers to morally decouple the brand from the stand (Study 3). Only when a brand faced public backlash because of its moral stand did we find a marginal increase in brand attitude among the proponents of the stand. However, when the brand subsequently withdrew its stand and apologized, the attitude towards the brand decreased among both the proponents and opponents of the stand (Study 4). We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the findings and call for further research on brand activism.

This dissertation explores the role of sustainability accounting in the period of the Anthropocene and aims to understand how it can influence the actors of organizations to make them act towards sustainability. Constructivist qualitative research based on two unique case studies of French SMEs, this dissertation is composed of three articles that together explore different facets of sustainability accounting. The first article, through the role of affects, tackles the question of how carbon accounting affect us to the point of making us act. The second article considers the difficulties associated with measuring the different dimensions of sustainability and underlines the process to steer the organisation towards the search for contextualized actions and contradictory debates. The third article analyses how a researcher can engage in research-intervention by taking the risk of managerial capture.Our research shows that sustainability accounting does not produce enough effects to make actors act towards sustainability. It confirms that knowing rationally does not imply acting. It thus shows that quantification in itself does not produce an effect, but that it can be coupled by space for debate and confrontation to lead to contextualized action. Finally, it shows that, as a result, an engagement and a physical and temporal proximity of the researcher in his field are a necessity to carry a transformative vision of sustainability.; Cette thèse explore le rôle de la comptabilité de la soutenabilité dans la période de l’Anthropocène et vise à comprendre comment elle peut influencer les acteurs des organisations pour les faire agir vers la soutenabilité. Recherche qualitative constructiviste qui se base sur deux études de cas uniques de PME françaises, cette thèse est composée de trois articles qui explorent ensemble différentes facettes de la comptabilité de la soutenabilité. Le premier article, à travers le rôle des affects, aborde la question de comment la comptabilité carbone nous affecte au point de nous faire agir. Le deuxième article considère les difficultés liées à la mesure des différentes dimensions de la soutenabilité et souligne le processus pour orienter l’organisation vers la recherche d’actions contextualisées et les débats contradictoires. Le troisième article analyse comment un chercheur peut s’engager dans une recherche-intervention en prenant le risque de la capture managériale.Notre recherche met en évidence que la comptabilité de la soutenabilité ne produit pas assez d’effets pour faire agir les acteurs vers la soutenabilité. Elle confirme que le fait de savoir rationnellement n’implique pas celui d’agir. Elle montre ainsi que la quantification en elle-même ne produit pas d’effet, mais qu’elle peut être accompagnée d’espace de débat et de confrontation pour amener à l’action contextualisée. Enfin, elle montre qu’en conséquence, un engagement et une proximité physique et temporelle du chercheur sur son terrain sont une nécessité pour porter une vision transformative de la soutenabilité.

Cette thèse explore le rôle de la comptabilité de la soutenabilité dans la période de l’Anthropocène et vise à comprendre comment elle peut influencer les acteurs des organisations pour les faire agir vers la soutenabilité. Recherche qualitative constructiviste qui se base sur deux études de cas uniques de PME françaises, cette thèse est composée de trois articles qui explorent ensemble différentes facettes de la comptabilité de la soutenabilité. Le premier article, à travers le rôle des affects, aborde la question de comment la comptabilité carbone nous affecte au point de nous faire agir. Le deuxième article considère les difficultés liées à la mesure des différentes dimensions de la soutenabilité et souligne le processus pour orienter l’organisation vers la recherche d’actions contextualisées et les débats contradictoires. Le troisième article analyse comment un chercheur peut s’engager dans une recherche intervention en prenant le risque de la capture managériale. Notre recherche met en évidence que la comptabilité de la soutenabilité ne produit pas assez d’effets pour faire agir les acteurs vers la soutenabilité. Elle confirme que le fait de savoir rationnellement n’implique pas celui d’agir. Elle montre ainsi que la quantification en elle-même ne produit pas d’effet, mais qu’elle peut être accompagnée d’espace de débat et de confrontation pour amener à l’action contextualisée. Enfin, elle montre qu’en conséquence, un engagement et une proximité physique et temporelle du chercheur sur son terrain sont une nécessité pour porter une vision transformative de la soutenabilité., This dissertation explores the role of sustainability accounting in the period of the Anthropocene and aims to understand how it can influence the actors of organizations to make them act towards sustainability. Constructivist qualitative research based on two unique case studies of French SMEs, this dissertation is composed of three articles that together explore different facets of sustainability accounting. The first article, through the role of affects, tackles the question of how carbon accounting affect us to the point of making us act. The second article considers the difficulties associated with measuring the different dimensions of sustainability and underlines the process to steer the organisation towards the search for contextualized actions and contradictory debates. The third article analyses how a researcher can engage in research-intervention by taking the risk of managerial capture. Our research shows that sustainability accounting does not produce enough effects to make actors act towards sustainability. It confirms that knowing rationally does not imply acting. It thus shows that quantification in itself does not produce an effect, but that it can be coupled by space for debate and confrontation to lead to contextualized action. Finally, it shows that, as a result, an engagement and a physical and temporal proximity of the researcher in his field are a necessity to carry a transformative vision of sustainability.

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International audience; Drawing on an extended case method approach consisting of observations, analysis of organisational documents and semi-structured in-depth interviews with first- and second-generation migrants working in a French car manufacturing company, this article examines how and why diversity management practices are perceived differently by first- versus second-generation migrant workers. Using social identity theory and equity theory as a theoretical framework, it was found that first- and second-generation migrants have different social expectations, which, in turn, influence their self-image, as well as their perception of organisational justice. The interaction between their social identity and their perception of justice affects how they appraise diversity management practices in their organisation. The study extends previous research on migrant workers and diversity management by building a conceptual model that outlines how and why diversity management practices are perceived differently by first- versus second-generation migrants.

This article examines the coping strategies of individuals during the confinement in France using a sensemaking lens. We draw on two studies consisting of 85 qualitative surveys followed by a diary in which 20 individuals wrote about their experiences during the first three weeks of the confinement. We employ an interpretative phenomenological approach to analyse the data. The findings reveal two patterns in the ways men and women cope with their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first pattern shows intensification of gender performativity manifested in the reproduction of 'masculine' and 'feminine' reactions to the crisis. The second pattern detects a tendency towards a gradual deflection from gender performances through mental improvisations that foster new awareness of the crisis presenting an opportunity to transcend traditional gender roles. Our study highlights some potential emancipatory implications the COVID-19 crisis may have for the practices of 'doing gender' and perceptions of work-life balance therefore instigating a transition towards more egalitarian households.

International audience; The application of virtual reality in human activities has been rapidly growing during the last decade. Shopping for food is an important part of people's daily lives. As overnight delivery services of fresh produce, such as Amazon Fresh, are in their development stage, more studies on virtual stores for perishable products are needed because the quality of FaVs cannot be easily assessed by consumers when virtual stores are used. This research examines the impact of a physical store, a non-immersive virtual store, and an immersive virtual store environment on consumers' perceptions and purchase behavior toward fruits and vegetables (FaVs). Experimental between-subjects design (i.e., three groups), combined with a questionnaire survey (after-only design), is used to address the study objectives. The research found that consumers' perceptions of FaVs in both non-immersive and immersive virtual stores (VS) are similar to those in a physical store. By contrast, consumers buy more FaVs in both non-immersive and immersive VS compared to a physical store. The findings also indicate that consumers tend to rely more on extrinsic cues (i.e., FaVs' prices) in the immersive VS when evaluating the FaVs on offer and less on intrinsic cues (e.g., FaVs' appearance) they use in the physical store. The results have important implications for practitioners and researchers with regard to the usefulness of virtual reality for better understanding of consumer behavior.

International audience; Demotion has received little attention from scholars and practitioners alike. The purpose of this study was to assess empirically the reaction to, and outcomes of, both involuntary and voluntary demotion. Drawing on 49 semi-structured in-depth interviews with 28 involuntarily demoted workers and 21 voluntarily demoted workers, we develop a conceptual model using organizational justice theory and person-job fit of the reaction to and outcomes of demotion. We show that involuntarily demoted individuals might react by expressing turnover intentions and lower motivation and commitment, indicating that the demotee's reaction is related to perceptions of fairness. Voluntary demotion is related to a better work-life balance, greater satisfaction, less stress and burnout and is perceived to be a viable phased retirement option by older workers. In addition, the findings highlight the role of demotion-related stigma, status loss, identity threat, and age in the way employees react to the experience of demotion.

The circulation of misinformation, lies, propaganda, and other kinds of falsehood has, to varying degrees, become a challenge to democratic publics. We are interested in the question of what publics believe about their own exposure to falsehoods in news, and about what contributes to similarities and differences in these beliefs across countries. We are also interested in the question of whether publics report attempting to verify news that is suspect to them. Here we report on a comparative election survey in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. We find three key predictors of publics’ beliefs that they have been exposed to falsehoods: discussion of news, use of social media for political purposes, and exposure to counter-attitudinal information. The nexus between these three predictors and beliefs about falsehoods exists in all three countries, as we anticipate that it likely exists elsewhere. We do not find voters on the right to be different from those on the left in the United Kingdom and France, but do find a substantial difference in the United States, which is likely due to the 2016 Trump campaign. We conclude with concerns about the imbalance in beliefs about exposure to falsehoods in the United States and the apparent capacity of a single leader, in the right context, to shape public beliefs about what is to be believed.

PurposeThis research has three research objectives. First, this research will demonstrate that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region is not direct but indirect. Second, this research will establish that perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products. Lastly, this research will highlight cognitive (through perceived value) and affective (through preference) routes or paths, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region.Design/methodology/approachAs previous works in the authors’ field of research, the authors conducted a field study, combined with a questionnaire survey. 398 consumers responded to the authors’ questionnaire in a hypermarket (belonging to the retailer Système U) in Vendée (a region in France). The authors measured their attitude towards this region, their preference for regional food products and their purchase intention of these products as well as the perceived value of regional food products.FindingsThe perceived value of regional products and consumers' preference for these products are full mediating variables of the relationship between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase products from that region.Research limitations/implicationsThis research supplements prior works. It shows that the link between consumers' attitude towards a region and their intention to purchase regional products is indirect. Consumers' purchase intention of regional products is not directly attributable to their attitude towards the region of origin of these products. Regional products and their features have to be reintegrated into this equation.Practical implicationsThis study identifies several routes or paths to explain consumers' purchase intention of regional products. A cognitive route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by perceived value. An affective route or path, from consumers' attitude towards a region to their purchase intention of products from that region, mediates by preference. A hybrid path that combines cognitive and affective paths, as this research established a link between perceived value and preference.Originality/valueThis research foregrounds regional products and their features, too often neglected in favour of consumers and their characteristics.

International audience; In this paper we develop several approaches to approximately solve the capacitated arc routing problem (CARP) on sparse graphs namely sparse CARP. First, we give a mathematical model for the sparse CARP and we present a brief survey about a transformation technique to transform the sparse CARP into a sparse capacitated vehicle routing problem namely sparse CVRP. Later, we propose several approaches to solve the sparse CARP by solving its equivalent obtained sparse CVRP. The first approach is a constructive heuristic (CH) used to construct an initial feasible solution. The second approach is an improving randomized procedure (IRP) used to improve the quality of the initial solution. Finally, we introduce the main adapted tabu search approach (TS) under a sparse dynamic graph. The algorithm starts by applying the first two procedures CH and IRP and attempts to compute a better solution for the sparse CARP. Extensive computational tests on randomly generated problem instances show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The TS algorithm yields satisfactory results within reasonable computational time. The approach outperformed also the commercial solver Cplex v12.71 which was able to solve only small instances with relatively a big CPU time for medium size instances.

International audience; In a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) or Community-Supported Fishery (CSF), buyers commit to pay a periodic fixed amount to ensure a guaranteed revenue for producers. In return, they benefit from scheduled deliveries but with unknown content. The shorter channels for seafood products are valued by consumers because they often include more sustainable fishing practices and avoid food miles. However, consumers may join these systems for many other reasons linked to lower prices or higher quality of fish, the support to the local economy, and social or political reasons. Who is, if ever existing, the “typical” CSF buyer, and what makes CSFs appealing to fish consumers? With an original survey of 556 French seafood consumers belonging to the Yeu Island CSF, this research aims at disentangling the various motives for joining and purchasing fish exclusively from CSFs. Among a large range of motivations, the analysis reveals the existence of three factors: credence attributes (environment and local support), relational aspects (meet people), and economic incentives. We show through a simultaneous equation model that exclusive CSF consumers are positively influenced by the relational dimension but negatively by credence attributes.

francaisLe design d’un produit peut etre apprehende comme etant un vecteur de communication generant des reponses affectives et cognitives. Cette recherche s’appuie sur les modeles de persuasion publicitaire de MacKenzie et al. (1986). Elle propose que le processus de persuasion induit par le design d’un produit opere selon une voie hierarchisee directe, par transfert d’affect, et indirecte, a travers les croyances a l’egard du produit. Les resultats indiquent l’existence de la voie directe et de la voie indirecte, aussi bien pour les croyances fonctionnelles que pour les croyances symboliques. Ils mettent en evidence l’effet des choix stylistiques sur les reponses affectives, cognitives et comportementales des consommateurs. EnglishProduct design can be considered a communication tool that results in cognitive and affective responses. This research builds on MacKenzie et al.’s advertising persuasion models to determine whether the persuasion process induced by product design operates according to a hierarchy of effects, both directly through an affect transfer process and indirectly through product cognitions. The findings provide evidence of the existence of direct and indirect routes for both functional and symbolic beliefs. They highlight the effect of stylistic choices on consumers’ affective, cognitive and behavioural responses.

International audience; Interorganisational linkages are a widely studied topic in sport management. However, most researchers focus on public or non-profit organisations and analyse one focal organisation rather than a network of interrelated organisations. The purpose of this study was to address both of these shortcomings by investigating interorganisational linkages in sport clusters, a type of cross-sectoral network. The authors address three main questions: (a) what is the nature of interorganisational linkages in sport clusters; (b) how do linkages in sport clusters develop; and (c) what are the organisational motivations for creating or joining linkages in sport clusters? A multiple case study approach explores two sailing clusters in France and New Zealand. Results show that interorganisational relationships tend to be formalised, while interorganisational networks tend to be informal. A circular development process from formal relationships to formal networks via informal relationships and networks was detected. Reciprocity is the most prevalent motive for the development of all types of interorganisational linkages. This research contributes to sport management practice by showcasing the potential multitude and variety of

This study proposes a decision support framework to help e-commerce companies select the best collaborative filtering algorithms (CF) for generating recommendations on the basis of online binary purchase data. To create this framework, an experimental design applies several CF configurations, which are characterized by different data-reduction techniques, CF methods, and similarity measures, to binary purchase data sets with distinct input data characteristics, i.e., sparsity level, purchase distribution, and item–user ratio. The evaluations in terms of accuracy, diversity, computation time, and trade-offs among these metrics reveal that the best-performing algorithm in terms of accuracy remains consistent regardless of the input-data characteristics. However, for diversity and computation time, the best-performing model varies with the input characteristics. This framework allows e-commerce companies to decide on the optimal CF configuration as a function of their specific binary purchase data sets. They also gain insight into the impact of changes in the input data set on the preferred algorithm configuration.