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Inter-organizational paradox management : how national business systems affect responses to paradox along a global value chain

Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.4278
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2022-04
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Schrage, Stephanie 
Rasche, Andreas  
Institut
Strategisches und Internationales Management W-10  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.4278
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/12203
Journal
Organization studies  
Volume
43
Issue
4
Start Page
547
End Page
571
Citation
Organization Studies 43 (4) : 547-571 (2022-04)
Publisher DOI
10.1177/0170840621993238
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85102103653
Publisher
SAGE Publications
This study discusses the relationship between inter-organizational paradox management, national business systems and global value chains. Using case study evidence from a global value chain in the footwear industry (in Germany and China), we analyse how different businesses in the chain responded to the paradoxical tension arising from the competing demands to provide a living wage to workers and to uphold financial performance. Our findings highlight organizational responses to this paradox along the value chain, showing how these responses were shaped by the interplay of different types of pressures exerted by national business systems and the value chain itself. While these pressures were aligned in the German part of the chain, they were not aligned on the Chinese side. The study makes two contributions: (1) we develop a taxonomy outlining how the alignment of different types of pressures influences whether organizations choose either proactive or defensive paradox management; and (2) we argue that theorizing the impacts of cross-national distance on paradox management can be enhanced by adopting a multidimensional approach to institutional variety that extends beyond culture-based arguments.
Subjects
corporate social responsibility
global value chains
living wages
national business systems
paradox
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
Funding(s)
Organisational Paradox Management  
Publication version
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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