| Journal: | BAR - Brazilian Administration Review |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000335277 |
| ISSN: | 1807-7692 |
| Authors: | Ferreira, Manuel Portugal1 Armagan, Sungu2 |
| Institutions: | 1Instituto Politecnico de Leiria, Leiria. Portugal 2Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Season: | Abr-Jun |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 168-184 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | 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 |
| Keyword: | Organización, Empresas, Cambio organizacional, Redes sociales, Teoría de redes sociales, Redes interorganizacionales |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
