2022
The Prisoner's Dilemma in the Workplace: How Cooperative Behavior of Managers Influence Organizational Performance and Stress
SPURNÝ, Josef; Ivan KOPEČEK; Radek OŠLEJŠEK; Jaromír PLHÁK; Francesco CAPUTO et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
The Prisoner's Dilemma in the Workplace: How Cooperative Behavior of Managers Influence Organizational Performance and Stress
Autoři
SPURNÝ, Josef (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí); Ivan KOPEČEK (203 Česká republika, domácí); Radek OŠLEJŠEK (203 Česká republika, domácí); Jaromír PLHÁK (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Francesco CAPUTO (380 Itálie)
Vydání
Kybernetes, Rome, Italy, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022, 0368-492X
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
Stát vydavatele
Velká Británie a Severní Irsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 2.500
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14330/22:00124886
Organizační jednotka
Fakulta informatiky
UT WoS
000618856300001
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85101452001
Klíčová slova anglicky
Prisoner's dilemma; cooperation; scale-free network; agent-based modeling; organizational performance; stress
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 12. 1. 2022 15:25, doc. RNDr. Radek Ošlejšek, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of cooperativeness of managers who occupy central positions in interaction networks on the performance and stress levels of a whole organization. To explore this relationship, a multi-parameter agent-based model is proposed which implements the Prisoner's Dilemma Game approach on a scale-free network in the NetLogo environment. A description of the socio-economic aspects and the key concepts implemented in the model are provided. Stability and correctness have been tested through a series of validation experiments, including sensitivity analysis. The source code is available for further exploration and testing. The simulations revealed that improving the stress resistance of all employees moderately increases organizational performance. Analyzing managers' roles showed that increasing only the stress resistance of managers does not account for significantly higher overall performance. However, a substantial increase in organizational performance and a decrease in stress levels are achieved when managers are unconditionally cooperative. This effect is stronger for the lowered stress resistance of employees. Therefore, the willingness of managers to cooperate under all circumstances can be a key factor in achieving better performance and building a more pleasant, stress-free working environment. This paper presents a model for analyzing cooperation, specifically in the organizational context, extending the Prisoner's Dilemma with novel concepts and mechanisms. While the results confirm the existing theories about the importance of central nodes in complex networks, they also provide further details on how the cooperative behavior of central nodes (i.e., the managers) might benefit the organization.
