Collective action can turn individuals into communities or ecosystems that solve complex problems together. The advent of decentralization technologies (e.g., blockchain) has enabled tools that help coordinate collective endeavors even in environments without traditional social ties. Success in such communities often hinges on securing support from key partners, collaborators, and users in a largely asocial setting. In our conceptual work, we develop a model that explains how a decentralization protocol, such as a blockchain, can implement a coordination mechanism to reach a collective action goal. We demonstrate our arguments with an illustrative case, Tracey, which facilitates sustainable tuna fishing in the Philippines with the help of a blockchain-based mobile app. We draw from signaling theory to explain how different ecosystem members can reliably demonstrate their contributions and how a resulting signaling system can mimic social relationships in an asocial context by increasing the transparency of actions, enforcing the legitimacy of collective efforts, and reinforcing a shared identity among the ecosystem members. Our conceptual model highlights the role of narratives, shared identity, and a signaling system facilitated by decentralization protocol in fostering collective action in ecosystems.

Esko Hakanen

Ville Eloranta

Claire Shaw

Pekka Töytäri

Academy of Management Perspectives

The Academy of Management Perspectives is a journal of The Academy of Management . Founded in 1936, The Academy is the leading international organization of academics and practitioners that works to foster the advancement of research, learning, teaching, and practice in the management field. It has over 18,000 members in more than 100 countries.     The mission of the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) is to provide accessible articles about important issues concerning management and business. AMP articles are aimed at the non-specialist academic reader, not practicing managers, and rely on evidence as opposed to theory or opinion for their arguments. All articles are fundamentally based on research evidence, which can be quantitative or qualitative, but not on opinion.

The Academy of Management Perspectives is a journal of The Academy of Management. Founded in 1936, The Academy is the leading international organization of academics and practitioners dedicated to advancing research, learning, teaching, and practice in the field of management. It has over 18,000 members in more than 100 countries. The mission of the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) is to provide accessible articles on important issues related to management and business. AMP articles are aimed at non-specialist academic readers rather than practicing managers, and they rely on evidence rather than theory or opinion for their arguments. All articles are fundamentally based on research evidence, which can be either quantitative or qualitative, but not based on opinion.

《Academy of Management Perspectives》是管理学会的期刊。该学会成立于1936年，是全球领先的学术和实践组织，致力于推动管理领域的研究、学习、教学和实践。它在100多个国家拥有超过18,000名会员。管理学会的使命是提供关于管理和商业重要问题的可读文章。《Academy of Management Perspectives》的文章主要面向非专业的学术读者，而非实际管理者，文章的论点依赖于证据，而非理论或个人观点。所有文章都基于研究证据，这些证据可以是定量的或定性的，而非个人意见。

Category	Quartile
管理学	2
管理学, 商业管理	2
管理学, 管理学	2

Signaling Collective Action in Ecosystems

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