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Embeddedness
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TL;DR: The influence and potential of the work of Karl Polanyi in the field of economic geography has been explored in this article, where the inseparability of the economic and the social is taken to be axiomatic.
Abstract: The paper provides an introduction to a theme issue devoted to the influence—and the potential—of the work of Karl Polanyi in the field of economic geography. Polanyi has been an inspirational figure in the heterodox field of ‘socioeconomics’, where the inseparability of the economic and the social is taken to be axiomatic. He has also made recurrent appearances in economic geography since the early 1990s, as a progenitor of the ‘networks and embeddedness’ approach and in his role as a prescient critic of market fundamentalism. But the potential of Polanyian approaches in economic geography has only been fitfully explored. In this context, the contributions to this theme issue make the case for a more sustained—but also open, critical, and creative—engagement with Polanyi's legacy.
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Dissertation•
07 Jun 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the effects of temporal embeddedness on the provision of a surplus between two actors in bilateral negotiations and provided predictions on the actors' shares of their surpluses from bilateral negotiations with their partners.
Abstract: Mutually profitable cooperation is characterized by the fact that the
combined efforts of the cooperating parties generate a certain surplus. The
first part of the book studies the production of a surplus as a trust
problem between two actors. Should an actor provide resources if the other
actor can decide on the division of the surplus if it materializes? Under
which conditions is trust in a reasonable division of the surplus
warranted? We study the effects of `temporal embeddedness'. If both actors
interact repeatedly, they can learn something about the other actor's
trustworthiness from past interactions. And, they can control their
relation by facilitating or hampering future exchange in which both actors
should be interested. The first part of the book studies the effects of
such `temporal embeddedness' on the provision of a surplus between two
actors. Hypotheses are derived on the basis of a simple social capital
stock model. These hypotheses are tested using experiments as well as
survey data.
The second part of the book studies the division of a given surplus. We
consider the case where actors are embedded in a network structure and
connected actors can engage in dyadic negotiations on the division of a
surplus. We show how the actors' network embeddedness determines their
success in bargaining. We thus provide predictions on the actors' shares of
their surpluses from bilateral negotiations with their partners. Further,
we specify conditions for a decay of a negotiation structure into
substructures by showing that it is sometimes favorable for an actor not to
utilize possible negotiation ties. Predictions on the division of a surplus
and on `network breaks' are tested using evidence from laboratory experiments.
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TL;DR: The research suggests that economic activity on Web platforms is embedded in a mix of virtual and community‐based relations that are shaped by and alter the behavioural norms of a local culture.
Abstract: Drawing from a multidisciplinary literature, we form a theoretical perspective of the social embeddedness of economic activity as interpersonal ties that are formed in relation to the institutions of an economy. From this perspective, we then seek to explain the emergence of networks of micro-entrepreneurs that conduct their business on the Taobao Web platform in China, and we derive theoretical propositions about the social embeddedness of Web platform-based economic activity. Two case studies of such networks show how Web platform tools and services create conditions of possibility for developing online business by micro-entrepreneurs and for overcoming cultural reluctance of economic exchange with strangers. Our research suggests that economic activity on Web platforms is embedded in a mix of virtual and community-based relations that are shaped by and alter the behavioural norms of a local culture. It also points to the government and the corporate Web platform service provider as important organisational actors enabling the creation of entrepreneurial networks.
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TL;DR: This article examined the influence of perceived organizational support (POS: financial, career, and adjustment) and motivation (autonomous and controlled) on self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) organizational and community embeddedness.
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TL;DR: Results showed that using an interactionist perspective is useful in predicting nurse turnover and nursing management should be made aware of the importance of being embedded off-the-job to prevent nurse turnover.
Abstract: Aim Using an interactionist perspective to test on-the-job embeddedness and off-the-job embeddedness as possible moderators for the predictive effects of job satisfaction and job stress on nurses' turnover intentions Background As turnover worsens nurse shortages across the globe, researchers needs to find ways to work out and reduce nurses' turnover intentions By exploring contributory factors, namely on-the-job and off-the-job embeddedness as two distinctive forms that both act as moderators, we add to the literature on effective nurse retention and highlight that incorporating off-the-job factors can provide a more realistic understanding of why people consider leaving their organization Design Survey of 361 nurses of the United Kingdom's (UK's) National Health Service, in 2016 Method We conducted hierarchical multiple regression and simple slope analyses Results Job satisfaction was negatively associated with turnover intentions, and this negative relationship was stronger when off-the-job embeddedness was high (vs low) Job stress was positively related to turnover intentions, yet high (vs low) off-the-job embeddedness buffered this relationship In contrast, when on-the-job embeddedness was high (vs low), the relationship between job stress and turnover intentions were even stronger Conclusion Results showed that using an interactionist perspective is useful in predicting nurse turnover Nursing management should be made aware of the importance of being embedded off-the-job to prevent nurse turnover This paper issues guidelines to form a more comprehensive staff retention programme for the healthcare sector
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