The cooperative weak tie: a continuation of Granovetter's program

Le lien faible coopératif: une poursuite du programme de Granovetter

Marc Lecoutre () and Pascal Lièvre
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Marc Lecoutre: CleRMa - Clermont Recherche Management - ESC Clermont-Ferrand - École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) - Clermont-Ferrand - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, ESC Clermont-Ferrand - École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) - Clermont-Ferrand
Pascal Lièvre: CleRMa - Clermont Recherche Management - ESC Clermont-Ferrand - École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) - Clermont-Ferrand - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne, IAE - UCA - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Clermont-Auvergne - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne

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Abstract: Despite a conceptual neighborhood that seems obvious, research on cooperation and networks have grown apart from each other. We propose to link them, while considering the mobilization of social ties as a process of engagement to cooperation. The articulation of Granovetter's program about the notion of weak tie and strong tie with Dameron's dual approach of cooperation, then allows distinguish the weak tie that does not cooperate, from the one that includes a cooperative potential. This result presents a challenge for a manager seeking resource in the phase of mobilization of social links, both within the organization and in other organizations.

Keywords: Social Network; Weak Ties; Granovetter; Cooperation; Network Theory; Réseau social; Liens faibles; Coopération; Théorie des réseaux (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07-05
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Published in Revue Française de Gestion, 2019, 45 (279), pp.11-26. ⟨10.3166/rfg.2019.00316⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/rfg.2019.00316

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