- Title
- Alliances
- Creator
- Gudergan, Siegfried P.
- Relation
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology p. 121-123
- Relation
- http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g97814051243317_ss1-42
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- The concept of alliance has been used widely in a variety of contexts with definitions generally being discipline-bound. Theoretical and empirical research into alliances has had extensive interdisciplinary appeal. Research into alliances has been conducted in a multitude of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, economics, political science, law, strategic management, and organizational behavior. The word alliance has a set of meanings, including a confederation described as the act of forming an alliance; a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim; a coalition, being an organization of people, nations, or businesses involved in a pact or treaty; a bond, being a connection based on kinship or common interest; and a confederation as a state of being allied or confederated. We define alliances as a unified effort involving two or more organizations, groups, or individuals to achieve common goals with respect to a particular issue. This view of alliances is closely related to its sociological roots and suggests that an alliance has a number of defining features. First, an alliance brings together two or more individual parties – whether people or organizations. Second, an alliance requires these parties to be interconnected in some way with resource dependencies. Interconnectedness is a state of being connected reciprocally. Third, the alliance must share common goals, interests, or values. Fourth, there is an assumption that the individual parties maintain at least some level of autonomy.
- Subject
- alliances; sociology; management; organisational management
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923765
- Identifier
- uon:9814
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781405124331
- Language
- eng
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