You are cordially invited to attend the next CEGE4ALL: Ethics & Sustainability Seminar by Niki Glaveli and Anastasia Daskalopoulou, on “You Pretend to Pay Me; I Pretend to Work”: A Multi-Level Exploration of Quiet Quitting in the Greek Context”.

Venue: Católica Porto Business School, Américo Amorim Building, EAA001
Date: 21 May
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Format: hybrid (online or in-person)

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Registration is required. Please register via the link below by 20 May indicating if you will be attending in person or online. 

Dr. Niki Glaveli is a Professor of Management at the University of the Aegean, specializing in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Human Resource Management (HRM). Her teaching and research span Organizational Behavior, business ethics, employee attitudes, and responsible leadership, with work published in top journals such as Human Resource Management, Tourism Management, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management. She is a recipient of the 2014 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award and the Onassis Foundation Grant, and actively serves on editorial and review boards for leading academic journals. Dr. Glaveli currently directs the MBA program at UA and contributes to multiple EU-funded research initiatives. She also consults for public and private organizations on HRM and CSR-related issues.

Anastasia Daskalopoulou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Business Administration at the University of the Aegean. Her research explores how virtues, such as optimism, trust, integrity, compassion, and forgiveness, foster fulfilling work experiences, meaningful connections, prosocial behaviors, and ultimately, organizational effectiveness. Through an interdisciplinary lens that integrates organizational psychology, management theory, and cultural analysis, she examines the role of virtuous environments in shaping workplace dynamics while enhancing organizational resilience and performance. Her published work focuses on the fields of organizational behavior and management, emphasizing how virtue-based approaches drive micro- and meso-level outcomes. Furthermore, her research demonstrates how contemporary businesses can safeguard their long-term success by aligning their business models and strategy with the EU reporting standards.

Abstract

This study explores quiet quitting—a distinct form of workplace withdrawal—in the Greek context, adopting a multilevel approach to understand how cultural, institutional and individual factors shape this emerging phenomenon. Drawing upon relevant literature, we investigate the macro, meso-organizational, and micro-individual level factors that shape the emergence and persistence of quiet quitting. Through a qualitative, interview-based methodology, we engage with a diverse sample of Greek Human Resource (HR) managers to capture their perceptions and lived experiences of the factors that contribute to quiet quitting. Our findings highlight the complex interplay between societal shifts, cultural norms, organizational practices, and individual coping mechanisms that give rise to and sustain quiet quitting behaviors. We propose a conceptual framework that situates quiet quitting within the unique socio-cultural, economic, and institutional realities of the Greek context. This framework reveals how quiet quitting manifests as a dynamic process, initiated by psychological contract breaches and perpetuated through cycles of emotional exhaustion and identity rationalization. By providing a holistic understanding of the quiet quitting phenomenon, this study contributes to the advancement of contextualized Human Resource Management (HRM) research and offers valuable insights for practitioners navigating the challenges of the modern workplace.