Networks as Resources, Organizational Logic, and Change Mechanism: The Case of Private Business Schools in Post-Socialism |
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Authors: | Nina Bandelj Danica Purg |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of California, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, California 92697, USA;(2) IEDC-Bled School of Management, Prešernova cesta 33, Bled, 4260, Slovenia |
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Abstract: | The paper differentiates between three conceptualizations of organizational networks: as resources, as organizational logic, and as a change mechanism. We integrate and apply these conceptualizations in one of the first comprehensive studies of private business schools in post-socialism. Using case studies, content analysis of websites, and an open-ended survey of administrators, we show how East-West networks helped in establishing a new type of organization at the end of socialism, how schools use networking as a core organizational principle to enhance efficacy and legitimacy, and how their activities help build capitalism from the bottom up by transmitting market-based knowledge to post-socialist economic actors. |
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Keywords: | organizations networks organizational logic market transition business schools |
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