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100	1	0	_aNovak, Stéphanie _eauthor
245	0	0	_aCan Decision-Making Be Informal?
260			_c2017.
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520			_aSocial scientists frequently refer to the concept of informal decision making. However, this concept is unclear because it can refer to very different aspects: the infringement of formal decision rules; decision practices that occur randomly and do not obey any rule; or the search for consensus. This article aims to deconstruct the concept of informal decision making and to offer theoretical tools in order to facilitate empirical research on cases of so-called informal decision making. In this respect, it will show that the neo-institutionalist theory provides us with helpful concepts. Furthermore, the analysis of different cases of informal decision making reveals reiterated decision practices and numerous unwritten rules with a complex relation to formal decision rules. Therefore, the concept of informality appears as not very helpful on the analytical and empirical levels.
690			_aconsensus
690			_adecision
690			_ainformality
690			_aneo-institutionalism
786	0		_nNégociations | o 27 | 1 | 2017-03-24 | p. 91-107 | 1780-9231
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-negociations-2017-1-page-91?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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