RT Article
T1 Trickle Effects of Cross-Sector Social Partnerships
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 94
IS 1
SP 123
OP 137
A1 Kolk, Ans
A1 Dolen, Willemijn M. van
A1 Vock, Marlene
A2 Dolen, Willemijn M. van
A2 Vock, Marlene
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785638688
AB Cross-sector social partnerships are often studied from a macro and meso perspective, also in an attempt to assess effectiveness and societal impact. This article pays specific attention to the micro perspective, i.e. individual interactions between and within organizations related to partnerships that address the ‘social good’. By focusing on the potential effects and mechanisms at the level of individuals and the organization(s) with which they interact, it aims to help fill a gap in research on partnerships, including more insight into the process of interaction. We conceptually explore micro level interactions, and how partnership effects may ‘trickle down’ (e.g. from management to employees), or ‘trickle up’ (from employees to management) or ‘trickle round’ (e.g. between employees). Based on the literature from various disciplines, we discuss how more generic theories on social exchange and contagion, social learning and attraction-selection-attrition can help shed light on micro level interactions in a partnership, considering in particular transmission mechanisms via employees, top and middle management, and customers. In this way, partnerships can have wider benefits, as individuals have multiple roles and effects at the micro level can spread to the meso and macro levels as well. Implications for research and practice are outlined.
K1 attraction-selection-attrition theory
K1 Social learning theory
K1 social contagion
K1 Social Exchange Theory
K1 trickle round
K1 trickle up
K1 trickle down
K1 trickle effects
K1 micro level interactions
K1 Cross-sector partnerships
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-0783-3