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Papers by Horia Moasa
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oct 1, 2013
The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of b... more The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of being/state of affairs of employees, concluding that those who have voice are able to freely construct their identity, while silenced employees are more constrained in authoring their sense of self. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that voice and silence are not state of being/state of affairs. Voice and silence are so interrelated and intertwined that they presuppose each other; they are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in their daily activities in order to survive, get by, advance and construct their identities. These arguments will be illustrated by the case of a management consulting team employed in a Romanian fish company with the goal of improving the company's performance before listing it on the national stock exchange. The 1.5 years of participant observation in this company, complemented by 40 in-depth interviews have demonstrated that people react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorisation, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326).
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jul 1, 2018
In West Africa, in particular Dakar, Senegal, due to the lack of coherent programs of control of ... more In West Africa, in particular Dakar, Senegal, due to the lack of coherent programs of control of chaotic urbanization, in the popular neighborhoods without any kind of infrastructure, a series of profound crises emerged in the last 15-20 years have led to an unprecedented increase in the differences between urban development levels and, implicitly, social segregation and radicalism. The issue of housing has a major impact on the welfare of the citizen, especially from a social point of view. The home is a private space necessary for personal security and isolation from the world, a space of relaxation and everyday life, one that should provide the necessary comfort for every individual.
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Jun 26, 2021
This paper highlights the relationship between employees` emotional intelligence and their experi... more This paper highlights the relationship between employees` emotional intelligence and their experience of organizational climate. We analyze the two concepts in two Romanian multinational organizations and we demonstrate that emotional intelligence has a positive impact on organizational climate, which means that employees with higher scores of emotional intelligence experience a more positive organizational climate. Also, a higher level of heterogeneity in EQ scores leads to a more negative perception of organizational climate.
Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several year... more Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several years as organizational scholars have extolled the opportunities offered by tensions, contradictions and oppositions in understanding organizations, organizing and the organized. This paper demonstrates the theoretical and empirical value of applying a paradox lens on family businesses that undergo a fundamental process of change by discussing three interrelated paradoxes: the paradox of ownership, the paradox of consultancy and the family business paradox.
Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing th... more Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing their identities. People react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorization, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326). This latter view leads to a more postmodern definition of identity that will be analyzed here in relation to voice and silence and illustrated by the case of a management consulting team in a Romanian company.
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, 2020
Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by co... more Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by commercial media, in this short essay I introduce and analyze six HR trends that will affect Romania and other countries. Ranging from issues of health and safety, meritocracy, legality, branding to issues of work migration and digitalization, these trends not only portray a possible future for organizations, but they also provide the necessary tools for strategy and decision making.
Management & Organizational History
Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones, 2021
Journal of Family Business Management, 2021
Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions centra... more Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions central to family business (FB) and to analyze how FB's members face these tensions and their implications in the personal and professional realms.Design/methodology/approachA multiple-case study with 11 parent–offspring dyads from Portuguese FBs was conducted putting the focus on the micro-level interactions.FindingsThe slopes of roles and relationality in FBs produces three persistent sets of tensions around cognition, emotion and action. These tensions exist in a paradoxical state, containing potentiality for synergy or trade-off.Originality/valueOur study is the first to empirically demonstrate that paradoxical tensions between parent and offspring are interrelated, by emphasizing the uniqueness of FB as a paradoxical setting and offering insights to negotiating of these singular paradoxes.
SERIES VII - SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW, 2019
This paper addresses the importance of understanding the creation and continuous development of o... more This paper addresses the importance of understanding the creation and continuous development of organizational identity as a source of performance, efficiency and competitive advantage of family businesses in relation to non-family businesses. I present three stages of family business identity creation and development and their unique characteristics that drive performance and efficiency: founder or founding family controlled stage, extended family stage and non-family members and management stage.
Language and voice are very important in the formation of identity, but if that very language/voi... more Language and voice are very important in the formation of identity, but if that very language/voice is absent because of censorship, silencing or lack of voice, limited discursive or symbolic resources, how are individuals going to construct their identity?
Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several year... more Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several years as organizational scholars have extolled the opportunities offered by tensions, contradictions and oppositions in understanding organizations, organizing and the organized. This paper demonstrates the theoretical and empirical value of applying a paradox lens on family businesses that undergo a fundamental process of change by discussing three interrelated paradoxes: the paradox of ownership, the paradox of consultancy and the family business paradox.
Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by co... more Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by commercial media, in this short essay I introduce and analyze six HR trends that will affect Romania and other countries. Ranging from issues of health and safety, meritocracy, legality, branding to issues of work migration and digitalization, these trends not only portray a possible future for organizations, but they also provide the necessary tools for strategy and decision making.
Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing th... more Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing their identities. People react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorization, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326). This latter view leads to a more postmodern definition of identity that will be analyzed here in relation to voice and silence and illustrated by the case of a management consulting team in a Romanian company.
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2009
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013
The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of b... more The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of being/state of affairs of employees, concluding that those who have voice are able to freely construct their identity, while silenced employees are more constrained in authoring their sense of self. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that voice and silence are not state of being/state of affairs. Voice and silence are so interrelated and intertwined that they presuppose each other; they are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in their daily activities in order to survive, get by, advance and construct their identities. These arguments will be illustrated by the case of a management consulting team employed in a Romanian fish company with the goal of improving the company's performance before listing it on the national stock exchange. The 1.5 years of participant observation in this company, complemented by 40 in-depth interviews have demonstrated that people react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorisation, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326).
Management & Organizational History, Feb 3, 2023
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oct 1, 2013
The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of b... more The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of being/state of affairs of employees, concluding that those who have voice are able to freely construct their identity, while silenced employees are more constrained in authoring their sense of self. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that voice and silence are not state of being/state of affairs. Voice and silence are so interrelated and intertwined that they presuppose each other; they are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in their daily activities in order to survive, get by, advance and construct their identities. These arguments will be illustrated by the case of a management consulting team employed in a Romanian fish company with the goal of improving the company's performance before listing it on the national stock exchange. The 1.5 years of participant observation in this company, complemented by 40 in-depth interviews have demonstrated that people react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorisation, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326).
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jul 1, 2018
In West Africa, in particular Dakar, Senegal, due to the lack of coherent programs of control of ... more In West Africa, in particular Dakar, Senegal, due to the lack of coherent programs of control of chaotic urbanization, in the popular neighborhoods without any kind of infrastructure, a series of profound crises emerged in the last 15-20 years have led to an unprecedented increase in the differences between urban development levels and, implicitly, social segregation and radicalism. The issue of housing has a major impact on the welfare of the citizen, especially from a social point of view. The home is a private space necessary for personal security and isolation from the world, a space of relaxation and everyday life, one that should provide the necessary comfort for every individual.
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Jun 26, 2021
This paper highlights the relationship between employees` emotional intelligence and their experi... more This paper highlights the relationship between employees` emotional intelligence and their experience of organizational climate. We analyze the two concepts in two Romanian multinational organizations and we demonstrate that emotional intelligence has a positive impact on organizational climate, which means that employees with higher scores of emotional intelligence experience a more positive organizational climate. Also, a higher level of heterogeneity in EQ scores leads to a more negative perception of organizational climate.
Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several year... more Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several years as organizational scholars have extolled the opportunities offered by tensions, contradictions and oppositions in understanding organizations, organizing and the organized. This paper demonstrates the theoretical and empirical value of applying a paradox lens on family businesses that undergo a fundamental process of change by discussing three interrelated paradoxes: the paradox of ownership, the paradox of consultancy and the family business paradox.
Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing th... more Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing their identities. People react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorization, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326). This latter view leads to a more postmodern definition of identity that will be analyzed here in relation to voice and silence and illustrated by the case of a management consulting team in a Romanian company.
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, 2020
Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by co... more Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by commercial media, in this short essay I introduce and analyze six HR trends that will affect Romania and other countries. Ranging from issues of health and safety, meritocracy, legality, branding to issues of work migration and digitalization, these trends not only portray a possible future for organizations, but they also provide the necessary tools for strategy and decision making.
Management & Organizational History
Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones, 2021
Journal of Family Business Management, 2021
Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions centra... more Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions central to family business (FB) and to analyze how FB's members face these tensions and their implications in the personal and professional realms.Design/methodology/approachA multiple-case study with 11 parent–offspring dyads from Portuguese FBs was conducted putting the focus on the micro-level interactions.FindingsThe slopes of roles and relationality in FBs produces three persistent sets of tensions around cognition, emotion and action. These tensions exist in a paradoxical state, containing potentiality for synergy or trade-off.Originality/valueOur study is the first to empirically demonstrate that paradoxical tensions between parent and offspring are interrelated, by emphasizing the uniqueness of FB as a paradoxical setting and offering insights to negotiating of these singular paradoxes.
SERIES VII - SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW, 2019
This paper addresses the importance of understanding the creation and continuous development of o... more This paper addresses the importance of understanding the creation and continuous development of organizational identity as a source of performance, efficiency and competitive advantage of family businesses in relation to non-family businesses. I present three stages of family business identity creation and development and their unique characteristics that drive performance and efficiency: founder or founding family controlled stage, extended family stage and non-family members and management stage.
Language and voice are very important in the formation of identity, but if that very language/voi... more Language and voice are very important in the formation of identity, but if that very language/voice is absent because of censorship, silencing or lack of voice, limited discursive or symbolic resources, how are individuals going to construct their identity?
Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several year... more Attention to the subject of organizational paradoxes has been increasing in the last several years as organizational scholars have extolled the opportunities offered by tensions, contradictions and oppositions in understanding organizations, organizing and the organized. This paper demonstrates the theoretical and empirical value of applying a paradox lens on family businesses that undergo a fundamental process of change by discussing three interrelated paradoxes: the paradox of ownership, the paradox of consultancy and the family business paradox.
Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by co... more Based on discussions with business leaders and managers, as well as on information provided by commercial media, in this short essay I introduce and analyze six HR trends that will affect Romania and other countries. Ranging from issues of health and safety, meritocracy, legality, branding to issues of work migration and digitalization, these trends not only portray a possible future for organizations, but they also provide the necessary tools for strategy and decision making.
Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing th... more Voice and silence are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in constructing their identities. People react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorization, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326). This latter view leads to a more postmodern definition of identity that will be analyzed here in relation to voice and silence and illustrated by the case of a management consulting team in a Romanian company.
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2009
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013
The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of b... more The organizational communication literature has often portrayed voice and silence as a state of being/state of affairs of employees, concluding that those who have voice are able to freely construct their identity, while silenced employees are more constrained in authoring their sense of self. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that voice and silence are not state of being/state of affairs. Voice and silence are so interrelated and intertwined that they presuppose each other; they are strategic communicative resources that employees utilize in their daily activities in order to survive, get by, advance and construct their identities. These arguments will be illustrated by the case of a management consulting team employed in a Romanian fish company with the goal of improving the company's performance before listing it on the national stock exchange. The 1.5 years of participant observation in this company, complemented by 40 in-depth interviews have demonstrated that people react positively to voice not because they expect specific gains, but because an opportunity for voice signifies valorisation, membership and, most importantly, a chance for self-authorship. The challenge for the identity construction process is for people to maintain a sense of self-continuity and coherence (Whorthington, 1996: 13 and McAdams, 1996: 306, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326), while multiple and diverse moments and contexts offer the possibility to tell many different identity stories many of which are paradoxically contradictory and fundamentally unstable (Gergen, 1992, in Clarke et al., 2009: 326).
Management & Organizational History, Feb 3, 2023