Non-contractual relations in business

Macaulay, S. (1963). Non-contractual relations in business: A preliminary study. American Sociological Review, 28(1), 55-67.

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1963

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• Informal Enforcement
  • Organizations: Unwritten workplace norms policed by peer pressure, cold shoulders, and withheld goodwill rather than by HR policy — the dense layer of expectation around effort, credit, and conduct that no handbook codifies but that everyone enforces against one another daily.

    This sourceFoundational study showing that business actors rely on informal norms and relational pressure rather than formal contracts and legal sanctions to govern conduct; supports the organizations claim about unwritten norms policed by peer pressure rather than formal policy.

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    This sourceFoundational study showing that business actors rely on informal norms and relational pressure rather than formal contracts and legal sanctions to govern conduct; supports the organizations claim about unwritten norms policed by peer pressure rather than formal policy.

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