Generational Change in Business Owners’ Social Ties: The Case of Turkey

Year 2020, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 18 - 40, 30.06.2020

Şule Erdem H. Sözen Selami Sargut

Abstract

Ağdüzeneklerinin dinamik doğasının açıklanması ile ilgili yazındaki boşluk araştırmacılara ağdüzeneklerinin değişimi ve evrimi hakkında daha fazla açıklama aramaları için ilham vermektedir. Bu boşluk göz önünde bulundurularak, çalışmada, örgütlerarası ağdüzeneklerinin değişimi, Türkiye’deki işletme sahiplerinin sosyal bağlarının birinci kuşaktan, ikinci ve üçüncü kuşaklara doğru değişimi üzerinden sosyal ağdüzeneği analizi ile araştırılmaktadır. Bulgular, kuşaklararası değişimin bazı ilişkilerin kademeli olarak ortadan kalkmasına neden olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuçlar ayrıca, ağdüzenekleri evrildiğinde ve aktörlerin konumları değiştiğinde, ağdüzeneklerinin mevcut faydalarının da kaybolabileceğini desteklemektedir

Keywords

network evolution, intergenerational change

Generational Change in Business Owners’ Social Ties: The Case of Turkey

Abstract

The gap in the literature concerning the explanation of the dynamic nature of networks has inspired researchers to look for further explanations about network change and evolution. In consideration of this shortcoming, the social network analysis has been applied in this study, in order to investigate inter-organizational networks through the change of business owners’ social ties from the first to second and third generations in Turkey. The findings suggest that intergenerational change results in a gradual disappearance of some of the relationships. The results also support that, when networks evolve and actors’ positions change, the current benefits of the networks may also fade away

Keywords

network evolution, intergeneralisation change, network analysis

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