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Why is Working Out Loud accepted by employees? An explanation of Working Out Loud based on the impact on self-efficacy in the context of organizational structures

  • In recent years, the topics of new work and agile practices have received growing at-tention. The concept and mindset Working Out Loud are embedded in this field. It is described by five practices and attitudes being visible work, relationships, leading with generosity, purposeful discovery, and having a growth mindset. The present study attempts to evaluate whether it holds that this concept is predomi-nantly adopted by employees in hierarchical companies. The underlying assumption is that employees in hierarchical settings are deprived of a sense of self-efficacy which they gain by applying Working Out Loud. The results and conclusions are based on a combination of the findings of existing academic literature and the outcomes of con-ducted interviews with Working Out Loud promoters. As the concept Working Out Loud is not yet scientifically proven, the interviews are particularly important to draw relevant conclusions. For this purpose, employees were asked questions aiming at de-fining the present organizational structure in their companies and the underlying rea-sons for them engaging in Working Out Loud practices. The conducted interviews and analyses yielded the result that employees tend to adopt Working Out Loud practices due to an underlying missing sense of self-efficacy, among other reasons. It could be shown that although not previously selected, the in-terview sample of Working Out Loud promoters appeared to be predominantly posi-tioned in hierarchical structures. Whether this proves the hypothesis right or whether the benefit and visible change in a hierarchical context is higher than in an agile one, needs to be further analyzed in future research.

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Author:Nadine Skerlavaj
Advisor:Armin Trost
Document Type:Bachelor Thesis
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Granting Institution:Hochschule Furtwangen
Release Date:2020/07/07
Tag:Agility; Organizational structure; Self-efficacy; Social cognitive theory; Working out loud 
Degree Program:IBM - International Business Management
Functional area:Human Resource Management
Open-Access-Status: Open Access 
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtlich geschützt