TY - JOUR
T1 - How peer coaching fosters employee proactivity and well-being within a self-managing Finnish digital engineering company
AU - Fey, Natalia
AU - Nordbäck, Emma
AU - Ehrnrooth, Mats
AU - Mikkonen, Kirsi
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Pressure is increasing on traditional organizations to transform by moving away from old hierarchical structures towards more self-management in order to respond to nimble and agile entrepreneurial ventures and start-ups. In order for organizations to succeed in such transformations we need to know more about how radically self-managing organizations function, and what makes employees thrive and struggle in such settings. In this paper, we delve into an innovative peer coaching system used by Nitor, a self-managing digital engineering company, which challenges the mainstream belief how profitable companies should be organized and managed. In our study we explore the key characteristics of this peer coaching system, the mechanisms through which it enables employee proactivity and well-being, the key organizational outcomes and the challenges of successfully implementing it. The study suggests that peer coaching is especially helpful in self-managing firms as it is able to replace some of the key roles that middle management plays in traditional organizations.
AB - Pressure is increasing on traditional organizations to transform by moving away from old hierarchical structures towards more self-management in order to respond to nimble and agile entrepreneurial ventures and start-ups. In order for organizations to succeed in such transformations we need to know more about how radically self-managing organizations function, and what makes employees thrive and struggle in such settings. In this paper, we delve into an innovative peer coaching system used by Nitor, a self-managing digital engineering company, which challenges the mainstream belief how profitable companies should be organized and managed. In our study we explore the key characteristics of this peer coaching system, the mechanisms through which it enables employee proactivity and well-being, the key organizational outcomes and the challenges of successfully implementing it. The study suggests that peer coaching is especially helpful in self-managing firms as it is able to replace some of the key roles that middle management plays in traditional organizations.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - self-managing organization
KW - well-being
KW - peer coaching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107892470&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2021.100864
DO - 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2021.100864
M3 - Article
SN - 0090-2616
JO - Organizational Dynamics
JF - Organizational Dynamics
M1 - 100864
ER -