Run Away or Stick Together? The Impact of Organization-Specific Adverse Events on Alliance Partner Defection

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Title
Run Away or Stick Together? The Impact of Organization-Specific Adverse Events on Alliance Partner Defection
Journal
Academy of Management Review
Author(s)
Bruyaka O., Philippe D., Castañer X.
ISSN
0363-7425
1930-3807
Publication state
Published
Issued date
07/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
43
Number
3
Pages
445-469
Language
english
Abstract
Alliances are inter-organizational relationships wherein partners agree to engage in joint action and share benefits and burdens. But when might an adverse event that strikes one partner become too burdensome for another partner? Extant theories of alliance instability provide incomplete answers, which is problematic: for stricken organizations, anticipating whether their non-stricken partners will remain in the alliance can be essential for survival. Integrating insights from alliance dynamics and organizational stigma literatures, we theorize how an organization-specific adverse event affects a non-stricken partner's decision to continue with or defect from an alliance by considering factors that shift the balance between cohesive and disruptive forces. We propose that high stigmatization risk will increase the probability of partner defection through two disruptive mechanisms: relational uncertainty and stigma anxiety. Building on the idea that the same factors contributing to alliance formation may also condition partner defection, we theorize about the roles of partner resource interdependencies, relational embeddedness, and perceived partner similarity in amplifying or attenuating disruptive mechanisms triggered by an adverse event. We extend the research on partner defection and alliance instability by advancing an event-based view of alliance instability and specifying the conditions under which an alliance partner might defect.
Keywords
Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, General Business, Management and Accounting
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