Paddling Against the Tide: The Micro-Level Strategies Entrepreneurs Employ to Resist Endemic Corruption in Tanzania

IF 9.3 1区 管理学 Q1 BUSINESS
Neema M. Komba, Dean A. Shepherd, Joakim Wincent
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This paper explores when and how entrepreneurs who operate new organizations in environments where corruption is endemic can resist it. Despite the continued scholarly interest in corruption, anticorruption efforts by micro, small, and medium enterprises have been largely overlooked. Instead, studies have focused on the intraorganizational actions of larger established organizations (local and multinational) without sufficiently considering their interdependence with other actors in their external environments. Given the social exchange nature of corruption, we collected and analyzed data from interviews with Tanzanian entrepreneurs, and theorized about when and how they circumvent or resist corruption. Our findings illuminate the complex relationship between entrepreneurs’ motivations and capability, and highlight the strategies entrepreneurs use when they seek to resist corruption without compromising their resource needs. Subject to their leverage (i.e., resource endowments and available alternatives), entrepreneurs resist corruption by avoiding powerful focal firms, restructuring their resource dependence in a firm-focused manner, and managing risks. Considering social-relational dynamics, entrepreneurs also find ways to avoid interactions with corrupt agents and to use power strategically (through political tactics, such as co-opting and challenging) that influence agents to act in the entrepreneurs’ best interests and against corruption.
逆水行舟:坦桑尼亚企业家抵制地方腐败的微观战略
本文探讨了在腐败盛行的环境中运营新组织的企业家何时以及如何抵制腐败。尽管学术界对腐败问题持续关注,但微型、小型和中型企业的反腐工作却在很大程度上被忽视了。相反,研究主要集中在大型成熟组织(本地组织和跨国组织)的组织内部行动,而没有充分考虑它们与外部环境中其他参与者的相互依存关系。鉴于腐败的社会交换性质,我们收集并分析了与坦桑尼亚企业家的访谈数据,并对他们何时以及如何规避或抵制腐败进行了理论分析。我们的研究结果阐明了企业家的动机与能力之间的复杂关系,并强调了企业家在不损害其资源需求的情况下抵制腐败时所采用的策略。受制于其杠杆作用(即资源禀赋和可用替代品),企业家通过避开强大的焦点企业、以企业为中心重组其资源依赖性以及管理风险来抵制腐败。考虑到社会关系的动态变化,企业家也会想方设法避免与腐败分子的互动,并战略性地使用权力(通过政治策略,如拉拢和挑战),从而影响腐败分子的行为,使其符合企业家的最大利益,并反对腐败。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Management (JOM) aims to publish rigorous empirical and theoretical research articles that significantly contribute to the field of management. It is particularly interested in papers that have a strong impact on the overall management discipline. JOM also encourages the submission of novel ideas and fresh perspectives on existing research. The journal covers a wide range of areas, including business strategy and policy, organizational behavior, human resource management, organizational theory, entrepreneurship, and research methods. It provides a platform for scholars to present their work on these topics and fosters intellectual discussion and exchange in these areas.
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