The Dark Side of Gamification: An Overview of Negative Effects of Gamification in Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 143-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando M. Toda ◽  
Pedro H. D. Valle ◽  
Seiji Isotani
Keyword(s):  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects

Overcoming the Dark Side of Closed Networks in Cultural Tourism Clusters: The Importance of Diverse Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángela Martínez-Pérez ◽  
Marie-Michele Beauchesne
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Closed Networks ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the recognized importance of tourism as an engine of economic growth in developed countries, research on the antecedents of innovation in this sector has been sparse, especially in the context of tourism clusters. Scholars have suggested that social capital is a key determinant of firm innovation in the context of tourism clusters, but empirical evidence has been lacking. The aim of this article is to empirically study the interplay between social capital and innovation in the context of tourism clusters at firm level. More specifically, we analyzed the effects of closed networks and diverse networks on firm innovation using a sample of 215 hospitality and tourism firms located in the World Heritage Cities of Spain. Results showed an inverted-U-shaped relationship between closed networks and firm innovation. Consistent with existing literature, these findings suggest that whereas a certain degree of strength and density helps to promote innovation, a critical point may exist beyond which innovation stabilizes or deteriorates when the information of the network becomes too redundant. In addition, we found that diverse networks positively moderated the relationship between closed networks and firm innovation. In other words, structural holes appear to mitigate the negative effects arising from excess strength and density and encourage the development of innovations beyond what a firm relying solely on closed networks could achieve. In practice, these results suggest firms in tourism clusters should not exclusively focus on typical closed networks but also create connections with diverse agents to maximize their potential for innovation.

scholarly journals The Dark Side of Using Online Social Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Rich Spectrum

Research on online social networks (OSNs) has focused overwhelmingly on their benefits and potential, with their negative effects overlooked. This study builds on the limited existing work on the so-called ‘dark side’ of using OSNs. The authors conducted a systematic review of selected databases and identified 46 negative effects of using OSNs from the users’ perspective, which is a rich spectrum of users’ negative experiences. This article then proposed nomenclature and taxonomy for the dark side of using OSNs by grouping these negative effects into six themes: cost of social exchange, cyberbullying, low performance, annoying content, privacy concerns and security threats. This study then conducted structured interviews with experts to confirm the sense-making and validity of the proposed taxonomy. This study discusses the confirmed taxonomy and outlines directions for future research.

scholarly journals Lonely, Poor, and Ugly? How Cultural Practices and Forms of Capital Relate to Physical Unattractiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-105
Author(s):  
Christian Schneickert ◽  
Leonie C. Steckermeier ◽  
Lisa-Marie Brand
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Cultural Sociology ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Structure And Agency

Physical attractiveness is increasingly framed as a meritocratic good that involves individual benefits, such as higher wages or success in the partner market. Investing in one’s physical appearance is thereby seen as a means to increase one’s human capital. While the positive effects are well documented, its counterpart, the dark side of physical appearance, has received much less attention from social science research. This article sheds light on the negative effects of physical appearance using a theoretical framework based on the cultural sociology of Bourdieu, integrating both structure and agency perspectives. Using data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) from 2014, we demonstrate that unattractiveness is socially stratified by economic, cultural, and social capital. The article highlights the relevance of cultural factors (e.g. forms of cultural capital and cultural practices) for the analysis of the interplay between physical appearance and stratification as well as the relevance of physical appearance for cultural sociology.

Helping That Hurts Intended Beneficiaries: A New Perspective on the Dark Side of Helping Organizational Citizenship Behavior

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Lennard ◽  
Linn Van Dyne
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
And Behavior

Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is essential for organizations to gain and maintain competitive advantage in environments with constantly evolving demands. Although most of the literature implicitly assumes that OCB predicts positive work attitudes, affective states, cognitions, and behavior for employees and organizations, some work raises the question of when OCB fails to produce positive consequences, and scholars have called for a more balanced perspective that acknowledges possible negative consequences of OCB. In this chapter, we focus on the unintended negative outcomes of helping OCB to recipients. More specifically, we consider factors that paradoxically cause positively intended helping to backfire and have negative effects on recipients. To date, most research on outcomes of OCB has focused on performance outcomes. In contrast, we focus on nonperformance outcomes for recipients of helping because nonperformance outcomes are more proximal and can shed light on processes that influence more distal outcomes, such as performance.

scholarly journals The Dark Side of Humor in the Workplace: Aggressive Humor, Exhaustion and Intention to Leave the Organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-100
Author(s):  
Sabina Trif ◽  
Oana C Fodor
Keyword(s):  
Call Center ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Humor is inherent to social interaction and research has mainly focused on the potential benefits of using humor at work. However, different types of humor exist and this study builds on the Job Demands-Resources Model (JD-R) to argue that aggressive humor in the workplace is a demand rather than a resource. Specifically, the study explores the association of aggressive humor and the intention to leave the organization manifested by the employees and the role of exhaustion as a potential explanatory mechanism. Moreover, the study explored the potential buffering role of the quality of leader-employee exchange (LMX) for the negative effects of aggressive humor. The study employed a cross-sectional design in order to test a moderated mediation model. Data were collected from 101 call-center operators and team leaders working in a multinational company. Our findings show indeed that aggressive humor in the workplace is predictive for exhaustion, which, in turn, predicts the employees’ intentions to leave the organization. Contrary to our expectation, the moderating role of LMX did not receive empirical support. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Dark Side of the Leadership: The Effects of Toxic Leaders on Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mert Kılıç ◽  
Ayşe Günsel
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Toxic Leadership ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Workplace Performance ◽  
Positive Leadership ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Finance Industry ◽  
Negative Leadership

Studies on leadership have been overwhelmingly focused on the positive aspects of leadership, and tried to reach certain conclusions on the positive effects of leadership in organizations. However, the dark side of leadership has been ignored. Those negative leadership styles in general, toxic leadership, in particular, may have extremely negative effects on organizations, which have the potential to overshadow the effects of positive leadership. Toxic leadership can create a decrease in workplace performance, productivity, and output, as well as its remarkable negative reflections on employees. So, examining the outputs of toxic leadership is inevitable. In this paper, we aim to examine the consequences of toxic leaders on employees by a quantitative search on the finance industry.

A Dark Side of Team Identification: Negative Effects in the Stress & Coping Process for Firefighters

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 15657
Author(s):  
Jayci M. Robison ◽  
Lindsey Greco ◽  
David Huntsman ◽  
Dale Li
Keyword(s):  
Dark Side ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Coping Process

The Dark Side of Stress Test: Negative Effects of Information Disclosure

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Goncharenko ◽  
Juraj Hledik ◽  
Roberto Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects

The negative effects of job embeddedness on performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanne Greene ◽  
Neal Mero ◽  
Steve Werner
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Impact Performance ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the boundary conditions of job embeddedness (JE), considering whether certain conditions of high embeddedness may have a potential dark side leading to lower employee performance. Design/methodology/approach Hierarchical moderated regression was used to test the interactions between JE, economic exchange, and social exchange. Findings Results indicate that under certain exchange conditions, JE can have negative implications for performance. Practical implications Consideration should be given to how management interventions come together to motivate employees and impact performance. Originality/value This study speaks to the possible negative side of JE and provides support for its potential to produce adverse consequences for organizations under certain contexts.

scholarly journals When cooperation turns ugly: exploring the dark side of social capital

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Strindlund ◽  
Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren ◽  
Christian Ståhl
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Cooperation Project ◽  
Escalating Commitment

PurposeThis article explores theoretical assumptions regarding negative consequences of social capital in the empirical case of a failed cooperation project, and how these consequences are related to processes involving people, structures and environments.Design/methodology/approachThe article is based on a case study of a cooperation project within municipal labor market services. The methodology followed a theorizing process, where data were collected through ethnographical methods and analyzed in relation to existing concepts from theories describing negative effects of social capital and shadow organizing.FindingsThe results highlight how the development of negative social capital in the project can be understood through three relational processes, namely the social dynamics of insulation, homogenization and escalating commitment. The authors conclude that the quality of social capital is conditional upon complex interactions within social structures. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of studying organizing practices outside explicit structures, in order to identify the development of non-canonical practices and their consequences.Practical implicationsOrganizing cooperation projects that aim to bridge professional competencies or organizational boundaries have to be attentive toward informal organizing practices which if remaining unrecognized may grow and threaten the original intentions.Originality/valueThe study makes a theoretical contribution by combining a shadow organizing approach with literature on social capital. This combination proves especially useful for analyzing how organizational dynamics can influence the development of social capital into producing negative effects.

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