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- Title
Where Do Social Ties Come From: Institutional Framework and Governmental Tie Distribution among Chinese Managers.
- Authors
Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin
- Abstract
This study identifies the societal institutional framework as the cause for the tie distribution issue - the sizes of ego-networks of social actors are unevenly distributed across social categories of these social actors. The analysis of 250 Chinese firms showed that managers employed by state-owned enterprises possess more governmental tie channels - conduits to get acquainted with government officials - than those employed by non-state-owned enterprises. Governmental tie channels completely mediated the relationship between ownership types and the number of government ties in the manager's social network.
- Subjects
CHINA; GOVERNMENT corporations; PROPERTY rights; SOCIAL networks; SOCIAL groups
- Publication
Management & Organization Review, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
1740-8776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00187.x