Coordination, Communication, and Incentive Mechanisms in Organizing

The research team focuses on the function of organising within the broader context of organisational design. Through a series of sub-projects, team members explore how selected attributes of organisational design and modes of organising affect both the organisation as a whole and individual members. Key areas of interest include governance and management structures; coordination and integration of organisational activities; the design and development of information systems; internal organisational communication; and behavioural dimensions of organisational design.

Team Members

Pavel Kral

Pavel Kral

pavel.kral@vse.cz

Group Leader, focuses on organizational transparency and incentive mechanisms

Vera Kralova

Vera Kralova

Focuses on organizational design, specialist in qualitative analysis

Petr Simacek

Petr Simacek

Focuses on coordination mechanisms and informal communication, specialist in quantitative analysis

Roman Golotovskiy

Roman Golotovskiy

Focuses on organizational growth, organizational structure and communication

Research Focus and Objectives

The unifying theme across the team’s projects is the role of information in organising.

Current and Planned Research Topics

  • The effects of informal evaluative judgments made in the absence of those being judged (gossip, gossiping) on employees’ affective and behavioural responses
  • The constitutive role of communication in organisational growth
  • Organisational dynamics through the lens of the organisational life cycle
  • Employee voice and organizational silence
  • Quiet quitting and withdrawal from organizational engagement
  • Coordination mechanisms in organizational design
  • The role of design in information systems development, with attention to the significance and success factors of business analysis
  • Incentive and motivational mechanisms in organizations
  • Factors influencing organizational transparency and its impacts
  • Contemporary directions in transparency (e.g., ESG disclosure, pay transparency)

Selected Publications

  • Golotovskiy, R., Králová, V., & Král, P. (2023). Employee pass: A consequence of disregarding organisational growth. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1).
    https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2023.15454abstract
  • Král, P., & Králová, V. (2016). Approaches to changing organizational structure: The effect of drivers and communication. Journal of Business Research, 69(11), 5169–5174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.099
  • Král, P., Králová, V., & Richterová, M. (2022). Why does talent leave organizations? Talent retention of trainee program graduates. In F. Matos & Á. Rosa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (pp. 229–237). Academic Conferences International. https://doi.org/10.34190/ecmlg.18.1.889
  • Král, P., Králová, V., & Šimáček, P. (2023). The impact of interactions before, during and after meetings on meeting effectiveness: a coordination theory perspective. Measuring Business Excellence, 27(3), 403–420. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBE-08-2021-0108
  • Králová, V., & Král, P. (2019a). Performance myopia: The effect of pay-for-performance incentives on exploration and coordination. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2019(1), 50–69. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.aop.616
  • Králová, V., & Král, P. (2019b). The role of change agents’ tacit qualities in organization design. In M. Cheung (Ed.), The International Conference of Experience Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (XD2019) (pp. 1–14). Griffith University Centre for Design and Innovation Research.
  • Šimáček, P., Králová, V., Mňuk, T., & Král, P. (2023). Maturity or gender? An abductive approach to study workplace meeting effectiveness. In M. Rich (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (pp. 359–369). Academic Conferences International.

Selected Research Projects

  • Czech Science Foundation GAČR 2019 (19-14484Y): The Impact of Change Agents on Organizational Design
  • Internal Grant Agency IGA 2024/2025: A Little Bird Told Me So…: How Communication During Meetings Influences Negative Workplace Gossip
  • Internal Grant Agency IGA 2023/2024: The Relationship Between Post-Meeting Interactions and Meeting Effectiveness
  • Internal Grant Agency IGA 2022: Conceptualization and Measurement of Disengagement in the Context of Organizational Growth Ignorance
  • Internal Grant Agency IGA 2017: The Role of Change Agent Personality in Organizational Restructuring Processes
  • Internal Grant Agency IGA 2013: Determinants of Effective Governance in Czech Sports Associations