Friends and foes: The dynamics of dual social structures

• Main Authors: SYTCH, Maxim, Adam TATARYNOWICZ
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: collaboration; conflict; litigation; networks; partnerships; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4858; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5857/viewcontent/friendsandfoes.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of a dual social structure encompassing collaboration and conflict among corporate actors. We apply and advance structural balance theory to examine the formation of balanced and unbalanced dyadic and triadic structures, and to explore how these dyna...