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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
Source and patterns of organizational defiance of formal institutions: Insights from nollywood, the nigerian movie industry
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 8, No. 1, Year 2014
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Description
We extend research on informal economic activity and investigate why organizations adopt informal rules when formal ones exist and how and why patterns of defiance vary across organizations. We build on data from an in-depth study of four organizations operating in the Nigerian movie industry. We identify ambiguity of formal institutions as a major source of organizational defiance. We also find that the organization's domain of embeddedness mediates the relationship between institutional ambiguity and organizational defiance. According to our analysis, the rationale for organizing propelled by the dominant domain of embeddedness affects whether organizations consistently or selectively defy ambiguous formal rules. Our findings highlight the importance of the interplay between institutional and organizational dynamics in understanding informality within an economy. © 2014 Strategic Management Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Uzo, Uchenna
Nigeria, Lekki
Pan-atlantic University
Mair, Johanna
Germany, Berlin
Hertie School
Statistics
Citations: 107
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/sej.1171
ISSN:
19324391
e-ISSN:
1932443X
Study Approach
Qualitative