Personal networks of women and minorities in management: a conceptual framework

Article Abstract:

Despite voluminous research indicating that women and minorities have limited access to or are excluded from organizational networks, two central questions remain unanswered: (a) In what specific ways, if any, do the interaction networks of men and women and whites and racial minorities differ? and (b) What mechanisms produce those differences? The central thesis of the article is that the organizational context in which interaction networks are embedded produces unique constraints on women and racial minorities, causing their networks to differ from those of their white male counterparts in composition and characteristics of their relationships with network members. Organizational context is hypothesized to affect personal networks directly, as well as through its impact on individuals' strategies for managing constraints. A theoretical perspective that views women and minorities as active agents who make strategic choice among structurally limited alternatives is offered. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Organizational behavior

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Trust in Japanese interfirm relations: institutional sanctions matter

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Trust is a critical component of interfirm relations, and scholars have pointed to Japan as an environment where trusting business relationships flourish. Rather than viewing trust as an inherent and driving force in Japanese interfirm relations, we propose that a combination of institutional and societal sanctioning mechanisms is largely responsible for the apparently trust-induced cooperation there. Our examination of buyer-supplier relations in the Japanese auto industry demonstrates the important role of these sanctions. We recommend focusing on sanctions in further explorations of interfirm trust. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Automobiles, Automobile Manufacturing, Japan, Automobile industry, Industrial suppliers, Trust (Psychology)

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Building collegial information networks: A theory of advice network generation

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The theory of network generation is presented that predicts actor selection and retention in forming an advice network. The theory postulates that the advice seeker, when possessing rich information on potential alters, decides whom to contact by trading off expected knowledge value versus the cost of obtaining it.

Computer networks, Information networks, Network architecture, Network architectures

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