...Yu-Ching Chiao; Yu-Chen Chang; Chun-Chien Lin Purpose This study investigated the effects of bribery and local performance within the framework of social network theory. It also explored the relationship between bribery and local performance mediated by local networks. Furthermore, we examined...

... business and putting forward theoretical presumptions. First, drawing on social network theory, this study seeks to explain the influences of regionality on small business owners’ networks. Second, while belongingness theory argues that a need to belong is a fundamental to human interpersonal relationships...

.... The social network theory (SNT) has been developed by researchers who accounted for relational and behavioral justifications of economics actions and examined the potential of social ties (Kim, 2014). A core principle of SNT is that firms are embedded in a larger network of relationships, comprising other...