Studies

What do we mean by the search for meaning in work? This is becoming a major issue for organizations seeking to attract, motivate and retain talent. But how can organizations respond? Audencia's Positive Impact Chair partnered with jobs_that_makesense to conduct the survey.

Discover Part 2: Testimonials from employees and business owners who have been through a career transition complete the first quantitative part of our study.

Read the study - part 1

Since 2021, the Positive Impact Chair has been the French partner of Fairwork, an international research and action project initiated and led by the University of Oxford. Fairwork aims to establish a national ranking of digital platforms offering the best working conditions.

Each year, a ranking is published based on five criteria related to pay, working conditions, contract, management and collective representation.

With the students from the Mastère Spécialisé ® "Actor for the Energy Transition", the Positive Impact Chair has produced a ranking of various digital platforms in France. For the first report, 6 platforms were studied on their proposed working conditions: Deliveroo, Just Eat, Les Coursiers Nantais, Naofood, Stuart & Uber Eats.

Read the 2022 Ranking

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Faced with social and environmental urgency, companies must transform their business models and governance to improve the impact of their activities on all stakeholders.

To understand how this sustainable transformation is taking place, Audencia's Positive Impact Chair* conducted a qualitative study based on 7 companies committed to Positive Impact (ARMOR, Camif, Groupe Eram, La Florentaise, Interface, InVivo Group, Posson Packaging).

The study conducted by the Chair aims to inspire those involved in sustainable transformation in companies, whether they are managers, employees or consultants, or even teachers, students or policy makers. It highlights the diversity of approaches in the case studies and identifies key levers and success factors.

*A study conducted by Audencia's Positive Impact Chair in partnership with Jean-Pierre Lamboley, NAO Consulting.

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Is the sustainable food game won at home or on the road? The Positive Impact Chair, in partnership with Sodexo, has launched a large-scale, never-before-conducted study on the eating habits of corporate caterers.

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"Do you have children?" is a question that 60% of women are asked in job interviews. The team of Positive Impact Chairs and its main sponsor, KPMG, were curious to know what companies were doing to promote gender equality in the workplace, as gender inequality is still too prevalent in companies.

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In the workplace, the French negotiate little, French women even less... In September 2017, the Presidency launched an innovative and groundbreaking initiative: #NégoTraining. This is coaching for women only, in the form of free 3-hour workshops led by a couple, to provide the keys to successful salary negotiations. In parallel with this initiative, the Chair's team wanted to question the relationship to negotiation in France, particularly through the prism of gender.

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The Positive Impact Chair has launched its CSR Support Needs Observatory. In partnership with the BVA Institute, it surveys a sample of 400 business leaders every two years.

The survey focuses on managers' perceptions, CSR practices and support needs.

In this study, we examine boycotting and buycotting as distinct activities and then explore how people get involved. In particular, we examine online and offline incentives to participate in boycotts. Finally, the study explores the different ways in which social networks can be used as part of boycott campaigns.