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Interaction effects of formal and social controls on business-to-business performance

open access: closedJournal of Business Research, 2014
Abstract Marketing and Strategy studies have treated relational governance as a critical factor of business-to-business (B2B) performance. Extant studies offer contrasting views on whether formal or social control is a better control mechanism, with little known about their interaction effect.
Jin Hwa Rhee   +2 more
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The role of formal social control mechanisms in deterring sex offending as part of the desistance process

Criminal Justice Studies, 2017
AbstractThis study explored the role of sex offender laws, particularly registration and community notification, in deterring individuals from sexual offending. Through qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with 77 registrants, findings suggest that the threat of prison and probation/parole serve as deterrents for some, even though they did not ...
Brooke N. Cooley   +2 more
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Chapter 12 It is Less about Wealth or Poverty than with Equality and Formal Social Control: An Analysis of the Determinants of the Homicide Rate in 145 Countries of the World

open access: closedHomicide and Violent Crime, 2018
Purpose – Cross-national comparisons of crime across the world consistently show that homicide rates are higher in more impoverished countries. However, there is a debate on what aspect of poverty is related to violence.
Claire Chabot, Marc Ouimet
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The Chinese paradigm of global supplier relationships: Social control, formal interactions and the mediating role of culture [PDF]

open access: possibleIndustrial Marketing Management, 2012
This paper reports the results of a study that examined how firms can establish successful business relationships with Chinese suppliers. Its aim is to explore salient characteristics of the nature of buyer supplier relationships with the emergence of China as a dominant economic power.
Giannakis, Mihalis   +2 more
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Reactions to flag desecration in American society: Exploring the contours of formal and informal social control

open access: closedAmerican Journal of Criminal Justice, 1998
Although flag burnings today rarely draw the amount of attention they received in the late 1980s, efforts to protect the flag have persisted for nearly a decade. Accordingly, the flag protection campaign has captured the interest of intellectuals from various academic backgrounds, including political scientists, egal scholars, and journalists ...
Michael Welch, Jennifer L. Bryan
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Predictors of desistance among sex offenders: The interaction of formal and informal social controls

open access: closedJustice Quarterly, 2000
Increasing attention is being given to the issue of desistance or cessation in adult criminal careers. We contribute to this research by considering how informal and formal social controls affect recidivism among 556 sex offenders placed on probation in 1992.
Candace Kruttschnitt   +2 more
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The Differential Effects of Informal and Formal Social Controls on the Processing of Status Offenders

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 1998
Many studies have examined gender bias within juvenile court processing of delinquents, but few have examined the theoretical relationship between informal and formal social controls and a juvenile offender's disposition. This thesis integrates Black's theory of social control and feminist theory to hypothesize that a breakdown in informal controls ...
D. Herz
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The Interplay of Relational Governance and Formal Control in Horizontal Alliances: A Social Contract Perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2014
Governance is critical to an alliance relationship as it aids in curbing opportunism and thus in achieving higher performance. While research suggests relational governance as well as formal control mechanisms as viable means to reduce opportunistic behavior in an alliance relationship, the effectiveness of the interplay of these governance forms ...
Carl Marcus Wallenburg   +1 more
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Shared Vision in MNE Subsidiaries: The Role of Formal, Personal, and Social Control in Its Development and Its Impact on Subsidiary Learning

open access: closed, 2012
Given the strategic importance of achieving global integration and worldwide learning for most multinational enterprises (MNEs), this article focuses on “shared vision” as a critical mechanism for realizing both goals.
Saba Çolakoğlu
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