Authors' Response: If Anything, We Should Stigmatize Unhealthy Organizations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kensbock, Julia M.; Alkaersig, Lars; Lomberg, Carina
• 署名单位: University of Bremen; Technical University of Denmark
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.1177/00018392211073183
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 70-81
• 关键词: MENTAL-DISORDERS; COMPETITIVE CLIMATE; METAPHOR; WORKAHOLISM; WORKPLACE; contagion; HEALTH; stress; work

摘要

We appreciate the important academic discussions that our article (Kensbock, Alaersig, and Lomberg, 2022) has initiated. Replying to the commentaries by Keyes and Shaman (2022) and Pierce and Rider (2022), we reiterate the goal and purpose of our research questions, including the use of a metaphor. We address theoretical arguments that a normalization or matching mechanism might account for our findings, and we present additional empirical evidence against these arguments. We address concerns about methodological decisions made and demonstrate that altering those decisions would have little or no effect on our findings and conclusions. In doing so, we reaffirm that the contagion mechanism that we proposed based on a large strand of prior research is the most likely one. Finally, we discuss how and why our study results can prevent (rather than increase) stigmatization of individuals with mental disorders. We encourage future scholarly and societal discussions to bring unhealthy organizations into focus and to develop interventions that prevent the accumulation of mental disorders in organizations.