Empirical Study Of Institutions Romania

Glaser-Segura, Daniel and Anghel, Laurentiu-Dan (2003): Empirical Study Of Institutions Romania. Published in: IPSERA , Vol. Confer, No. Conference proceedings 12th Annual IPSERA (2003): pp. 633-644.

Abstract

This study incorporates an institutional theory framework in which social norms affect interorganizational cooperation (IC). Empirical findings from a survey of 96 Romanian manufacturing firms support proposed hypotheses. Interorganizational trust is positively related to IC. Individualism and collectivism (indcol) exhibits a statistically significant relationship with IC. JIT/TQM presents a positive relationship and also supports the hypothesis that it serves as a superordinate goal over interorganizational trust and indcol to foster interorganizational cooperation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: trust, individualism, collectivism, institutions, superordinate goal, JIT, TQM
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M2 - Business Economics > M21 - Business Economics

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