2022
DOI: 10.1017/mor.2021.71
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Not All Types of Social Networks Are Good: The Dual Effects of Social Networks on Courtesy Stigma

Abstract: When a firm is accused of serious misconduct, its executives, even those who are nonculpable, are stigmatized by the firm's stakeholders, a phenomenon known as courtesy stigma. One research stream explores how executives’ social networks mitigate courtesy stigma, with an emphasis on the positive effect of social networks. From the perspective of a social network as an information pipe, we suggest that social networks are a double-edged sword in the context of courtesy stigma because of their distinctive insula… Show more

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“…Their concealed patterns are illustrated in, for example, research on banks’ treatment of those targeted with the label of bankruptcy (Sutton & Callahan, 1987) and work on networks of elites evaluating executives involved in failures, bankruptcy, and scandals (Wiesenfeld et al, 2013). This less public shunning and isolation extend to those that have socially or economically engaged with or supported the target (Jonsson et al, 2009; Tian et al, 2022). Future work on these two types of stigmatizing audiences may consider which sanctioners can be more impactful, given how they influence targets differently.…”
Section: A Relational Research Agenda For the Study Of Stigmamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Their concealed patterns are illustrated in, for example, research on banks’ treatment of those targeted with the label of bankruptcy (Sutton & Callahan, 1987) and work on networks of elites evaluating executives involved in failures, bankruptcy, and scandals (Wiesenfeld et al, 2013). This less public shunning and isolation extend to those that have socially or economically engaged with or supported the target (Jonsson et al, 2009; Tian et al, 2022). Future work on these two types of stigmatizing audiences may consider which sanctioners can be more impactful, given how they influence targets differently.…”
Section: A Relational Research Agenda For the Study Of Stigmamentioning
confidence: 99%