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This article develops a conceptual framework for explaining how individual embeddedness in multiple institutional logics at the field level and in political networks at the societal level influence managerial decisions within organizations. By considering the institutional and political environments surrounding management departments in newly founded universities in Turkey, we propose that the degrees of individual decision-maker’s embeddedness in alternative institutional logics (single vs multiple) and in different political networks (closed vs open) influence their decisions on hiring new academicians. We consider that organizational actors’ instantiations of logics together with political networks delineate their identities. Accordingly, decision-makers embedded in a single logic and/or a closed network will tend to hire academicians similar to themselves whereas those embedded in multiple logics and/or an open network will be more likely to hire academicians different from themselves. We also elaborate our conceptual framework by considering the influences of logic-related networks, decoupling in academic staffing, geographic locations and ownership of universities. By doing so, we first contribute to a better explanation of institutional and political diversities in academic cadres in management departments in new Turkish universities. Second, we expand micro-level view of institutional logics by integrating societal level political networks into the analysis.

Keywords: Institutional logics, institutional complexity, political networks, embeddedness, hiring decisions, management higher education, Turkey

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.1.1.001 [PDF]

Starting from a worldwide consensus about the importance of entrepreneurship to create an inclusive business life and new job opportunities, studies have immensely attempted to clarify the environmental factors affecting entrepreneurial activities. On the other hand, policymakers have been enforcing policies to foster business competitiveness through institutional quality, advanced infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, better health and education systems, good governance, etc. at national level. Empirical studies in the related literature seem to have restricted to the determinants of either competitiveness or entrepreneurship separately, ignoring the interactions and synergies between them. Moreover, the evidence from a limited number of studies underlines the ambiguous relationship and addresses to the necessity of the consideration of industrial structures in countries while examining the nexus. Based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s Adult Population Survey and the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey pools over the period of 2006- 2014, this empirical paper purposes to identify the relationships between competitiveness indicators and early-stage entrepreneurial activities using a longitudinal dataset of 28 countries that we also distinguish between innovation-driven and efficiency-driven economies. Findings from fixed-effect linear regression analysis reveal that competitiveness does not necessarily encourage the entrepreneurial activities in all countries and development stages of countries matter for their entrepreneurship-oriented business environments. Furthermore, the qualities of infrastructure and institutions have negative impacts in innovation-driven and efficiency-driven countries, respectively. Overall results indicate that entrepreneurial activities, in general, have country-specific and multidimensional characteristics and motivations. Therefore, countries, regardless in which development levels they are, need integrated policies harmonizing competitiveness and entrepreneurship priorities.

Keywords: Business environment, competitiveness, Porter’s diamond model, entrepreneurial activities, environmental conditions

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.1.1.002 [PDF]

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of 56 studies review Turkish management literature with regard to various purposes. By this study, a new classification for such literature is proposed and the contribution of these studies to our knowledge about Turkish management literature is highlighted. Findings of the study show that studies analyzing the Turkish literature can be categorized into two main groups according to extent of their contributions. The first group studies are studies that take stock of literature by looking at their certain features and do not provide deeper insights. The second type studies are studies that evaluate literature as a part of some theoretical problems or explain their findings from the lenses of different theories. Several avenues for improving research on Turkish management literature are also suggested and a research agenda for the future research is offered.

Keywords: Turkish management literature, literature reviews, management knowledge

DOI : 10.15659/yoad.1.1.003 [PDF]