A New Chapter for RIPCO: Franck Biétry and Nicolas Raineri Take the Lead
Starting this January, the Revue Internationale de Psychosociologie et de gestion des Comportements Organisationnels (RIPCO) welcomes its new co-editors-in-chief, Franck Biétry and Nicolas Raineri. They succeed Silvester Ivanaj, whose leadership has been instrumental in the journal's development.
Franck Biétry, University Professor at the University of Caen, specialises in organisational behaviour and human resource management. He leads two international Master's programmes at the IAE and is an active member of NIMEC, where he supervises one of the three main research areas. His work focuses on employee engagement in contexts of nomadic careers and new forms of work, as well as the quantitative assessment of workplace well-being, often from an international perspective. He has published in prestigious journals such as Organizational Research Method, Management, and Revue Française de Gestion.
Nicolas Raineri, Associate Professor at ICN Business School and a member of CEREFIGE (University of Lorraine), has extensive academic and international experience. A former associate editor of Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, he has published in journals such as the Journal of Management Studies and the Journal of Business Ethics. His research explores the psychological foundations of corporate social responsibility (CSR), focusing on employee attitudes and behaviours. He is also interested in health, well-being, and meaning at work, as well as the organisational behaviour of people with disabilities.
The new co-editors-in-chief are committed to maintaining the scientific excellence, editorial rigour, and international openness that define RIPCO, while enhancing the diversity of published research. We are delighted to begin this new chapter and look forward to sharing increasingly stimulating and inspiring issues. We hope that RIPCO’s multidisciplinary approach and openness to diverse research traditions will enrich the quality of the published works while fostering constructive dialogue among researchers, practitioners, and institutions.
Franck Biétry and Nicolas Raineri, Co-editors-in-chief of RIPCO
12/12/2024
RIPCO is organising its 6th Research Day
RIPCO is organising its 6th Research Day on Organisational Behaviour on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, at the ICN Business School campus in Paris, La Défense. This edition will focus on leadership, exploring both its promises and its pitfalls. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit an extended abstract of their academic work, focusing on leadership and its various impacts on individuals, teams, and organisations. Contributions may include empirical studies, literature reviews, or theoretical developments. Submissions are expected by 17 March 2025, with feedback from the scientific committee provided on 27 April 2025. The event, free and open to all upon registration, will take place in person to foster exchanges and encourage dialogue among participants. For more information, please visit the event’s dedicated website.
RIPCO launches a new special issue: Norms and organisationnal behaviour
In a context where confusion between standards and legal regulations is common, it is essential to clarify that standards are voluntarily adopted management tools, co-constructed through consensus, designed to simplify organisational processes. Unlike laws, which are mandatory, standards offer flexibility in implementation. Some are obligatory, such as ISO 17021 for certifications, while others, like ISO 26000, provide non-certifiable guidelines. Recent research shows that the adoption of standards is influenced by cultural and organisational factors, with tensions sometimes arising, as seen in France's critical reception of ISO 45001. The proliferation of standards, referred to as "Tétranormalisation," also creates challenges by generating conflicts between different norms. This special issue aims to explore how organisations perceive, negotiate, and manage standards, while also considering the creation of new standards to address contemporary issues like remote working and inclusivity.
RIPCO launches a new special issue: Wellbeing at work
The study of ill-being at work is almost as old as the dissemination of Taylor's principles in organizations. In contrast, the emergence of well-being as a topic within management sciences is more recent. It truly came to prominence around the turn of the millennium when positive psychology encouraged the scientific community to study human functioning. As it is increasingly viewed by employees as a right rather than a privilege, well-being at work has consequently become a significant managerial issue. Various changes, such as the expression of new expectations at work, the depletion of traditional managerial performance levers, the adoption of new forms of organization and work, and the sudden and recent intrusion of artificial intelligence into many professions, encourage refining or even revising the established knowledge on the subject. This effort is all the more necessary because there is also a critical literature on well-being at work. Some scientists and practitioners see it as a new form of pressure on employees to make them ever more productive.
Fifth RIPCO Research Day: Focus on Well-Being and Malaise at Work
The fifth RIPCO research day took place on the ICN campus in Paris-La Défense, on June 6, 2024. More than fifty submissions had previously been sent to the scientific committee. Thirty-five were ultimately selected and presented. They were written by 63 contributors from eight different countries. Almost all were dedicated to the focus of the day, namely "well-being/malaise at work," although the call for papers indicated that all research falling within the field of organizational behavior was potentially acceptable. This specificity allowed for the organization of twelve workshops in which there were numerous exchanges due to their strong thematic unity. Ninety-three people participated in the event. The closing conference, led by Gaëtane Caesens, professor at the University of Louvain, captivated the audience's attention. It was centered on the growing phenomenon of dehumanization at work. Given the recurring success of the RIPCO annual research days, the editorial committee of the journal is considering the idea of transforming them into a two-day academic congress.
Special issue : Vol. XXX, Issue CFP_SI_CLIMATECHANGE (2024)
Organizational behavior in the face of climate challenges
Paul, SHRIVASTAVA: Elen RIOT, Franck, BIETRY
Climate change and environmental issues have become recurring topics in current debates, leading to a heightened awareness of the need to preserve the planet and its species. To address these challenges, governments, businesses, social movements, and NGOs are actively engaging in a transition towards sustainable and nature-friendly lifestyles. In this critical context, academic research plays a cr ...
Special issue : Vol. XXXI, Issue CFP_SI_IAORGA (2025)
Artificial intelligence in organisations, how to (better) work with it?
Christelle MARTIN LACROUX and Fabienne PEREZ
Organisations are undergoing a significant transformation, described as the fourth industrial revolution or the era of algorithms. Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as a technology that allows machines to reproduce human-like behaviours, plays a major role in this, with technologies now widely deployed in organisations. Machine Learning is a notable technology that enables cumulative ...
Special issue : Vol. XXXI, Issue CFP_SI_NORMS (2026)
Norms and organisationnal behaviour
Pierre-Antoine Sprimont et Arnaud Eve
In a context where confusion between standards and legal regulations is common, it is essential to clarify that standards are voluntarily adopted management tools, co-constructed through consensus, designed to simplify organisational processes. Unlike laws, which are mandatory, standards offer flexibility in implementation. Some are obligatory, such as ISO 17021 for certifications, while others, l ...
Special issue : Vol. XXXI, Issue CFP_SI_RECHSENSOB (2025)
Sensitive research and organisational behaviour: from dilemma to action
Emilie HENNEQUIN, Bérangère CONDOMINES, Philippe JACQUINOT, Olivier GUILLET
In organizations subjected to a highly competitive environment, with an increasingly fractured work world, the consideration of sensitive topics by companies—pertaining to ethical issues (fraud, deviance, power plays), taboos (addictions), vulnerable individuals (health conditions), disadvantaged groups (discrimination), and marginalized statuses (gray areas of employment relationships)—as well as ...
Special issue : Vol. XXXI, Issue CFP_SI_WELLBEING (2025)
Well-being / Ill-being at Work
Nathalie Bernard et Virginie MOISSON
The study of well-being at work truly emerged at the turn of the 2000s when positive psychology encouraged the scientific community to study optimal human functioning (Seligman 1999) and when well-being at work measurement scales appeared (Abord de Chatillon and Richard 2015; Bietry and Creusier 2013; Dagenais-Desmarais 2010). Today, well-being at work has become a significant managerial and socie ...
Paul, SHRIVASTAVA: Elen RIOT, Franck, BIETRY