A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Narrative approach in business network process research - Implications for theory and methodology
Authors: Makkonen H, Aarikka-Stenroos L, Olkkonen R
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Publication year: 2012
Journal: Industrial Marketing Management
Journal name in source: INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Journal acronym: IND MARKET MANAG
Volume: 41
Issue: 2
First page : 287
Last page: 299
Number of pages: 13
ISSN: 0019-8501
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.01.012(external)
Abstract
The continuous development of theoretical and methodological approaches provides novel insights into how to conceptualize and empirically study multilayered and multi-actor network processes. This theoretic-methodological article shows how network processes can be conceptualized, and how the narrative approach advances the empirical study of these processes. The study builds an agency-structure meta-framework that conceptualizes the emergence of network processes in terms of interaction between individuals from different network actor organizations. The narrative research approach is put forward to implement the study of network processes into empirical reality. The narrative approach allows capturing the relevant actors, their multiple motives, interests and activities, and the mutual interplay of these elements with the contextual levels, thus providing an essential understanding of various types of network processes. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The continuous development of theoretical and methodological approaches provides novel insights into how to conceptualize and empirically study multilayered and multi-actor network processes. This theoretic-methodological article shows how network processes can be conceptualized, and how the narrative approach advances the empirical study of these processes. The study builds an agency-structure meta-framework that conceptualizes the emergence of network processes in terms of interaction between individuals from different network actor organizations. The narrative research approach is put forward to implement the study of network processes into empirical reality. The narrative approach allows capturing the relevant actors, their multiple motives, interests and activities, and the mutual interplay of these elements with the contextual levels, thus providing an essential understanding of various types of network processes. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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