Designing and Aligning Interprofessional Relations

Laura Dupin, Tao Wang and Filippo Carlo Wezel
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Laura Dupin: UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam
Tao Wang: Kyōto daigaku = Kyoto University
Filippo Carlo Wezel: USI - Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland

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Abstract: "New occupations are pervasive and constantly alter fields. This paper studies how occupational newcomers and dominant incumbents confront the opportunities and constraints of field-level uncertainty by engaging in interprofessional coalition building. Using resource dependence theory to ground our arguments, we highlight that this type of uncertainty makes third-party ties the channel through which mutual dependence is assessed and power imbalance is regulated. We also claim that when dominant incumbents perceive field-level uncertainty around a new occupation, ties that regulate power imbalance overshadow mutual dependence considerations. Conversely, once occupational boundaries and norms are established through professionalization, the difference across types of third-party ties declines. Empirically, the paper uses the case of silk designers emerging as an independent occupation adjacent to the 18th-century silk guild in Lyon. Using archival data of 676 silk designers (1700–1788), we test the role of third-party ties in affecting the likelihood of a partnership forming between a designer and a merchant."

Keywords: Careers; Coalition building; Creative industries; Resource dependence theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12-01
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Published in Organization Studies, 2022, 43 (12), 1891-1914 p. ⟨10.1177/01708406221089606⟩

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