21802: Social Networks in Non-Western Settings: A Call for Contextualized Theorizing

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

15:30 - 17:00 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall D- D3-m7

Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Highlight: Showcase Symposium,DIG Highlight
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/ar4abr

Organizer(s)

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Julia Brennecke

U. of Potsdam, Germany
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Johanna Fischer

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover
CW

Christiana Weber

Leibniz U. Hannover, Germany

Panelist(s)

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Sarah Jack

Lancaster U. Management School, United Kingdom
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Jane Nyakecho Omalla Khayesi

-, Switzerland
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Kim Klyver

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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Mike W. Peng

U. of Texas at Dallas, United States
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Balagopal Vissa

INSEAD, Singapore

The significance of incorporating non-Western perspectives into key areas of management and entrepreneurship research has been increasingly recognized, as highlighted by recent scholarly calls to develop indigenous and context-specific frameworks. Since social networks are inherently shaped by cultural contexts, the antecedents, structures, and outcomes of social networks as well as the key mechanisms that connect them can differ significantly between different countries, regions, or cultural settings. In non-Western regions, social networks have been shown of particular importance due to the frequent lack of formal institutions, making informal connections more critical to access, for instance, business relevant resources. In this panel symposium, we aim to bring together leading international scholars in managerial and entrepreneurial social network research to discuss the current state of research and propose future research directions to the study of social networks in non-Western contexts.