Keeping it "All in the Family:" Does Nepotism in the Hiring Process Really Benefit the Beneficiary?

By M. Padgett, K. Morris. 2005

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

The Aftermath of Organizational Corruption: Employee Attributions and Emotional Reactions (2008, background): “Further, organizations whose leaders create an atmosphere of fairness and trust have reported positive organizational outcomes such as reduced turnover and absenteeism, increased employee motivation, and greater organizational commitment (Ambrose and Cropanzano, 2003; Korsgaard et al., 2002; Padgett”
Perceptions of and reactions to leader toxicity: Do leader-follower relationships and identification with victim matter?☆ (2012, background): “Padgett and Morris (2005) and Pelletier and Bligh (2008) found that leader attributions were negative when followers perceived leaders to engage in cronyism and favoritism.”
Affective commitment and job satisfaction among non-family employees: Investigating the roles of justice perceptions and psychological ownership (2011, background): “Examples for potential family business specific peculiarities that might lead to perceptions of injustice among non-family employees are nepotism (Padgett & Morris, 2005), authoritarian leadership style (Tagiuri & Davis, 1992), human resource practices generally biased against non-family members…”
Blind loyalty? When group loyalty makes us see evil or engage in it (2016, background): “In business and politics, loyalty to one’s friends and kin manifests in cronyism and nepotism, often at the cost of actual or perceived competence and fairness (Heilman, Block, & Lucas, 1992; Padgett & Morris, 2000, 2005; though see Slack, 2001).”