Revista: | BAR - Brazilian Administration Review |
Base de datos: | CLASE |
Número de sistema: | 000335277 |
ISSN: | 1807-7692 |
Autors: | Ferreira, Manuel Portugal1 Armagan, Sungu2 |
Institucions: | 1Instituto Politecnico de Leiria, Leiria. Portugal 2Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Estados Unidos de América |
Any: | 2011 |
Període: | Abr-Jun |
Volum: | 8 |
Número: | 2 |
Paginació: | 168-184 |
País: | Brasil |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
Resumen en inglés | This paper contributes to the literature on organizational change by examining organizations as social entities embedded in inter-organizational networks. In contrast with extant research that focuses on macro environmental and internal factors to explain organizational change, we put forth the social network surrounding the firm as a major driver of any change process. Specifically, we examine organizational change as driven by the organizations’ positions and relations in an interorganizational network, and advance a set of theory driven propositions on innovation, imitation, inertia, structural equivalence and structural positioning. Our conceptual discussion demonstrates that inter-organizational networks are important in complementing the macroenvironment and internal organizational factors for the study of organizational changes. We conclude with a discussion on normative implications for organizations and avenues for future research |
Disciplines | Administración y contaduría, Economía |
Paraules clau: | Organización, Empresas, Cambio organizacional, Redes sociales, Teoría de redes sociales, Redes interorganizacionales |
Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |