Exploring informal weak tie bonded social networks through a multi-level theoretical lens
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Authors | Weir, David and Ali, Sa'ad |
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Type | Conference Presentation |
Abstract | In this paper we are chiefly concerned with a desired focus on “co-evolution of networks and organizational attributes, such as innovation introduce a third type of approach to network dynamics that deals with existing networks that are self-regulating, , self-balancing, tend to be self-reproducing and can handle issues of uncertainty and complexity: for instance informal social networks of the type covered Wasta in the Arab Middle East ,Guanxi in the Chinese world and Blat in Russia (Ali and Weir, 2019). In Arab countries “Wasta” describes networks rooted in family and kinship ties, used to bypass formal bureaucratic procedures easing the process of achieving a goal through connections (Cunningham and Sarayrah, 1993; Hutchings and Weir, 2006a; Hutchings and Weir, 2006b; Smith et al., 2012). Wasta is also known as Ma’arifa or Piston, in North African nations such as Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco (Iles, 2012; Smith et al., 2012b). |
Keywords | Informal social networks; Social networks theory; Wasta |
Year | 2020 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624972 |
hdl:10545/624972 | |
File | File Access Level Open |
Publication dates | 03 Jul 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Jul 2020, 15:46 |
Accepted | 09 Feb 2020 |
Contributors | York St John's University and University of Derby |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/926y3/exploring-informal-weak-tie-bonded-social-networks-through-a-multi-level-theoretical-lens
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