The dark side of social relationships – the context of the video game industry
Author:
Czernek-Marszałek Katarzyna1ORCID, Klimas Patrycja2ORCID, Wójcik Dagmara1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Management Theory Department, University of Economics in Katowice , Katowice , Poland 2. Department of Advanced Research in Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business , Wroclaw , Poland
Abstract
Abstract
Paper’s objectives
The paper aims to explore the negative impacts of social relationships (SR) on business activity. As a research context, the video game industry (VGI) and the video game developers’ (VGDs) relationships are analyzed.
Design/methods
17 semistructured in-depth interviews and 1 focus group interview with Polish VGDs were conducted.
Findings
(1) support for five negatives of SR previously discussed in the literature (2) recognition of the four original negatives (i.e., employee turnover, buying up employees, inefficiency/termination of interorganizational cooperation, and confidential information leakage); and (3) recognition of the harmful results of SR as an industry-dependent issue.
Originality/value
(1) Analyzing the negative consequences of SR for business, which is less frequently considered compared to the positive consequences of these relationships for business; (2) identifying dark sides previously unidentified in the literature; and (3) using the VGI as the research context.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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