Institutional Effects of Interorganizational Collaboration: The Emergence of Proto-Institutions

Fri, 05/15/2009 - 14:07 — Cristina Sette

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Thomas B. Lawrence; Cynthia Hardy; Nelson Phillips

Source:

The Academy of Management Journal, Volume 45, Issue 1, p.281-290 (2008)

URL:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069297

Keywords:

collaboration; ILAC Newsletter; partnership

Abstract:

We argue that collaboration can act as a source of change in institutional fields through the generation of "proto-institutions": new practices, rules, and technologies that transcend a particular collaborative relationship and may become new institutions if they diffuse sufficiently. A four-year study of the collaborative activities of a small nongovernmental organization in Palestine suggests that collaborations that are both highly embedded and have highly involved partners are the most likely to generate proto-institutions.

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