EXPLAINING THE PERSISTENCE OF INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS: THE ROLE OF INFORMAL NETWORKS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Minbaeva, Dana; Ledeneva, Alena; Muratbekova-Touron, Maral; Horak, Sven
• 署名单位: University of London; King's College London; University of London; University College London; heSam Universite; ESCP Business School; St. John's University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2020.0224
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 556-574
• 关键词: Social networks; BUSINESS; guanxi; ORGANIZATIONS; antecedents; REFLECTIONS; strategy; JEITINHO; CHINA; focus

摘要

The paper unpacks the black box of informal institutions and theorizes about the role of informal networks in channeling continuity and change in informal institutions. Spe-cifically, we argue that the persistence of informal institutions depends on the function-alities of the informal networks upon which they rest. When informal institutions are enacted by informal networks that are relatively affective and relatively closed, their persistence is higher than the persistence of informal institutions that are enacted by relatively open and relatively instrumental networks.