Agency and the micro-foundation of network resilience: Insights from “Mafia Capitale” (2012-2015)
Capo, Francesca Operti, Elisa Maiolini, Riccardo
Rullani, Francesco
Capo, Francesca
Operti, Elisa
Rullani, Francesco
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The renewed interest in people as the actors of change within the network has sparked the emergence of a new “micro-foundations” movement in social network literature. Despite the increasing attention devoted to the role played by individuals in network change and transformation, we still lack an understanding of how individuals may be agentic in responding to network churn determined by external events. In this paper, we intend to address this challenge and shed light on the strategies implemented by key actors to make the network resilient in response to a sudden exogenous shock. We address this issue through a longitudinal case study of the evolution of a political, economic, and criminal network involved in a scandal known as “Mafia Capitale” and happened in Rome, Italy’s capital, between 2012 and 2015. We identify four different strategies that actors can deploy to build network resilience in the face of shocks, thus contributing to research on network resilience and on the role of networks in institutional transitions.
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2021
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Agency (individual actors), Social network resilience
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Capo, Francesca, Elisa Operti, Riccardo Maiolini, and Francesco Rullani. “Agency and the Micro-Foundation of Network Resilience: Insights from ‘Mafia Capitale’ (2012-2015).” Academy of Management Proceedings 2021 (1). 2021.