A meta-analysis of the exchange hazards-interfirm governance relationship: An informal institutions perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cao, Zhi; Li, Yuan; Jayaram, Jayanth; Liu, Yi; Lumineau, Fabrice
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Tongji University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-017-0144-2
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 303-323
• 关键词: uncertainty; contractual governance; RELATIONAL GOVERNANCE; NATIONAL CULTURE; Meta-analysis; exchange hazards

摘要

The existing literature is ambiguous on how exchange hazards influence interfirm governance. Drawing on institutional theory, this study revisits this relationship by examining the moderating effects of national culture. By meta-analyzing 167 articles involving 38,183 interfirm relationships in 35 countries, we found support for the moderating effects of three facets of national culture: collectivism, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. We discuss the implications of the findings for theory and practice.