Network Dynamics of the Dutch Business Elite
Network Dynamics of the Dutch Business Elite
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荷兰商界精英的网络动态
DOI：
10.1177/0268580909343496
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
M. Fennema
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文献类型：
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作者：
E. Heemskerk;M. Fennema
本文探讨了世纪荷兰商业精英的凝聚力。首先，它考虑了老男孩的网络，在那里，社会凝聚力建立在共同的家庭和教育背景之上。第二，董事会会议网络的公司董事在荷兰进行了分析，作为一种表现的凝聚力的企业精英。与大多数连锁董事的研究不同，本文侧重于网络的人际视角，而不是公司间的视角。研究发现，1976年至2001年期间，社会凝聚力下降。荷兰企业精英的会议网络已经成为经纪人的领域，而不是社会凝聚力和社会封闭的工具。它不再服务于在企业精英之间建立信任的目的。因此，公司治理的规范变得模糊不清。
This article investigates the cohesion of the Dutch business elite during the 20th century. First it considers the old boys’ network, where social cohesion builds on shared family and educational background. Second, the board-meeting network of corporate directors in the Netherlands is analysed as an expression of the cohesion of the corporate elite. Unlike most studies on interlocking directorates, this article focuses on the interpersonal perspective of the network instead of the intercorporate perspective. The study finds that social cohesion declined between 1976 and 2001. The meeting network of the Dutch corporate elite has become the realm of brokers rather than a device of social cohesion and social closure. It no longer serves the purpose of creating trust among the corporate elite. As a result, norms of corporate governance have become blurred.