Who Can You Turn To? Tie Activation within Core Business Discussion Networks

Renzulli, Linda; Aldrich, Howard E.

doi:10.1353/sof.2005.0122

Cited by 92 publications

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“…When the need arises, actors convert pre-existing dormant or latent ties into active relationships (Hurlbert, Haines, and Beggs, 2000;Levin, Walter, and Murnighan, 2011;Mariotti and Delbridge, 2012;Renzulli and Aldrich, 2005). A variety of factorssuch as the level of interpersonal trust (Renzulli and Aldrich, 2005;Smith, 2005), identification strength (McDonald and Westphal, 2003), interpersonal affect (Casciaro and Lobo, 2008), the structure of pre-existing core networks (Hurlbert et al, 2000), and aspects of formal and quasi-formal organizational structure (Srivastava, 2012a)-can all drive a wedge between the resources potentially accessible through networks and those actually tapped in a given situation.…”

Section: Constrained Agency and Network Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bringing Agency Back into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action

Gulati¹,

Srivastava²

2014

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

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This article enriches the conception of agency that prevails in network research by proposing a framework of constrained agency. Our framework is grounded in the resources and motivations that actors draw on within their structurally constrained context. Structural positions influence the resources available to actors and color the motivations that shape their actions. At the same time resources equip actors to exert agency while motivations propel them to do so. Examining how specific resources are used when particular motivations are operative reveals ideal types of constrained agency. Within the wide range of actions that constrained agency can encompass, we focus on network action. We derive a typology of network actions and illustrate how the form of constrained agency through which a particular network action is taken can affect actors' ensuing structural positions and the nature of the constraints they subsequently face. We conclude by discussing how this conceptualization of constrained agency can help identify new sources of endogenous change in network structure and can serve as a guide for future empirical research.3

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Section: Constrained Agency and Network Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bringing Agency Back into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action

Gulati¹,

Srivastava²

2014

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

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“…This views however against the discovery by others researchers that found women entrepreneurs' alters have formed the closely knit in their network [24]. Similarly, research found that women entrepreneurs' networks have higher degree in network density [25]. Another investigation however found that both genders depend on male contact to get an advice [21].…”

Section: Network Densitymentioning

confidence: 82%

The Comparative Analysis of Gender and Social Network among Malay SMEs Entrepreneurs in Malaysia

Surin¹,

Halil²,

Edward³

2015

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Abstract-The purpose of this paper is to make comparison in terms of social network between male and female Malay entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. Social network is defined as interrelationship between the entrepreneurs and their contact (alter) in business venturing. However, there is limited understanding on how the entrepreneurs use their social network. Moreover, there is dearth attention given to investigate the social network in developing country especially in Malaysia. Both social network theory and structural perspective were employed in this quantitative-based study. The data gathered through the mail questionnaire method in which 93 are male and 72 female respondents representing 53 percent responded. Using t-test, the study reveals that there is no significance difference in terms of network size, network activity and network density for both genders. Implications and direction for further research are also presented.

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“…For instance, women entrepreneurs tend to rely more on networks composed of family and friends than men (Renzulli and Aldrich, 2005), as they have fewer opportunities to connect to new customers and business partners. For ethnic minorities and immigrants, barriers to building rich business networks mainly involve culture and language.…”

Section: Box 1 Women In Research and Entrepreneurship Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%