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Failed institution building: Understanding the interplay between agency, social skill and context

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  • Edwards, Tim
  • Jones, Ossie

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Summary This article examines the idea of institution building in terms of the interplay between agentic orientation, social skill and context. It argues that a relational approach to agency provides a useful framework for understanding the limits of social skill in explaining such processes. A detailed account, using the lens supplied by the idea of 'agentic orientation' helps to elaborate the failed formation of NewBuC, a public-private partnership designed to give assistance to entrepreneurs keen to establish technology-based companies on a UK Regional Science Park. This approach is seen to provide a conception of agency that allows for critical reflection at the micro-level around the role of champions and social skill in institutional analysis.

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  • Edwards, Tim & Jones, Ossie, 2008. "Failed institution building: Understanding the interplay between agency, social skill and context," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 44-54, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:24:y:2008:i:1:p:44-54
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    1. Jayawarna, Dilani & Jones, Oswald & Marlow, Susan, 2015. "The influence of gender upon social networks and bootstrapping behaviours," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 316-329.

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