IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/ujbmxx/v59y2021i1p13-46.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Networking-bonding actions, quality of ties, and channel member collaboration: Evidence from U.K.-based small firms

Author

Listed:
  • Gordon Liu
  • Wai Wai Ko
  • Isaac Ngugi
  • Sachiko Takeda

Abstract

We aim to deepen our understanding of the processes through which network-bonding actions affect channel member collaboration in the small firm context. We develop a framework to highlight the mediating roles of quality of ties and moderating role of control mechanisms in such processes. We test our framework using the quantitative method, by analyzing survey from 385 U.K.-based small firms. We find that social interaction tends to affect operation synchronization via goal congruence, though affects intelligence generation via relational embeddedness. Furthermore, contractual governance has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between social interaction and goal congruence.

Suggested Citation

  • Gordon Liu & Wai Wai Ko & Isaac Ngugi & Sachiko Takeda, 2021. "Networking-bonding actions, quality of ties, and channel member collaboration: Evidence from U.K.-based small firms," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 13-46, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:59:y:2021:i:1:p:13-46
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12452
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jsbm.12452
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/jsbm.12452?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:59:y:2021:i:1:p:13-46. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/ujbm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.