Drawing on the wealth of insights into organizational life accumulated over the past few decades, this collection takes stock of the foundations of research in this area, examines the status of the current work and identifies future directions for the field. Topics covered include theoretical and methodological foundations; social capital; strong ties, weak ties and structural holes; small worlds/network structures; centrality and power; social networks of entrepreneurship; identity, cognition and individual differences in social networks;and network dynamics. ÍNDICE: VOLUME 1 Theoretical and Methodological Foundations. Urban Families: Conjugal Roles and Social Networks - E. Bott Structural Balance: A Generalization of Heider's Theory - D. Cartwright and F. Harary Graph Theoretic Methods in the Management Sciences - F. Harary Structural Balance, Mechanical Solidarity and Interpersonal Relations - J. A. Davis Structural Equivalence of Individuals in Social Networks - F. Lorain and H.C. White The Strength of Weak Ties- M.S. Granovetter The Duality of Persons and Groups - R.L. Breiger Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness - M.S. Granovetter Social Networks as Normal Science - N.P. Hummon and K. Carley Social capital Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital - J.S. Coleman Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital - R.D. Putnam Resources and Relationships: Social Networks and Mobility in the Workplace - J.M. Podolny and J. Baron Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage - J. Nahapiet and S. Ghoshal Social Capital and Value Creation: The Role of Intrafirm Networks - W. Tsai and S. Ghoshal The Two Meanings of Social Capital - A. Portes Group Social Capital and Group Effectiveness: The Role of Informal Socializing Ties - H. Oh, C. Myung Ho and G. Labianca Second-hand Brokerage: Evidence on theImportance of Local Structure for Managers, Bankers and Analysts - R. Burt VOLUME 2 Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Structural Holes The Strength of Strong Ties: Social Networks and Intergroup Conflict in Organizations - E. Reed Nelson The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge Across Organization Subunits - M. T. Hansen Bridging Ties: A Source of Firm Heterogeneity in Competitive Capabilities - B. McEvily and A. Zaheer Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study - G. Ahuja NetworkMemory: The Influence of Past and Current Networks on Performance - G. Soda, A. Usai and A. Zaheer Can you have your Cake and Eat it too? Structural Holes'Influence on Status Accumulation and Market Performance in Collaborative Networks - A. Shipilov and S. Li Centrality and Power Centrality in Social Networks: II. Experimental Results - L.C. Freeman, D. Roeder and R.R. Mulholland Being in the Right Place: A Structural Analysis of Individual Influence in an Organization - D.J. Brass Assessing the Political Landscape: Structure, Cognition and Power in Organizations - D. Krackhardt The Social Organization of Conspiracy: Illegal Networks in the Heavy Electrical Equipment Industry - W.E. Baker and R.R. Faulkner Two Routes to Influence: Integrating Leader-Member Exchange and Social Network Perspectives - R.T. Sparrowe and R. Liden At the Margins: A Distinctiveness Approach to the Social Identity and Social Networks of Underrepresented Groups - A. Mehra, M. Kilduff and D.J. Brass VOLUME 3 Network Structures: Small Worlds and Diffusion The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians - J. Coleman, E. Katz and H. Menzel An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem - J. Travers and S. Milgram Informal Networks and Organizational Crises: An Experimental Simulation - D. Krackhardt and R. Stern Agents without Principles? The Spread of the Takeover Defense through the Intercorporate Network - G.F. Davis Networks, Dynamics and the Small-World Phenomenon - D.J. Watts The Small World of Germany and the Durability of National Networks - B. Kogut and G. Walker Where do Small Worlds Come From? - J. A. C. Baum, A.V. Shipilov and T. Rowley Collaboration and Creativity: The Small World Problem - B. Uzzi and J. Spiro A Small World after all? Network Perceptions versus Reality - M. Kilduff, C. Crossland, W. Tsai and D. Krackhardt Identity and cognition in social networks Learning a Social Structure - B. Clinton DeSoto Filling in the Blanks: A Theory of Cognitive Categories and the Structure of Social Relations -L.C. Freeman Systematic Biases in Social Perception - E.A. Kumbasar, K. Romney and W.H. Batchelder Bringing the Individual back in: A Structural Analysis of the Internal Market for Reputation in Organizations - M. Kilduff and D. Krackhardt Whether Close or Far: Social Distance Effects on Perceived Balance in Friendship Networks - D. Krackhardt and M. Kilduff Social Networks Schemas and the Learning of Incomplete Networks - G. Janicik and R.P. Larrick VOLUME 4 Individual Differences and Social Networks Homophily and Differential Returns: Sex Differences in Network Structure and Access in an Advertising Firm - H. Ibarra The Friendship Network as a Decision Making Resource: Dispositional Moderators of Social Influences on organizational Choice - M. Kilduff The Social Networks of High and Low Self-Monitors: Implications for Workplace Performance - A. Mehra, M. Kilduff, M and D.J. Brass How do they get there? An Examination ofthe Antecedents of Centrality in Team Networks - K. J. Klein et al Social Networks, the Tertius Iungens Orientation, and Involvement in Innovation - D. Obstfeld Network Dynamics The Snowball Effect: Turnover Embedded - D. Krackhardt and L.W. Porter Network Dyads in Entrepreneurial Settings: A Study of the Governance of Exchange Relations - A. Larson Interorganizational Collaboration andthe Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology - W. W. Powell, K. W. Koput and L. Smith-Doerr Director Reputation, CEO-Board Power, and theDynamics of Board Interlocks - E.J. Zajac and J. D. Westphal Where do Inter-Organizational Networks come from? - R. Gulati and M. Gargiulo Legitimacy Building in the Evolution of Small-Firm Multilateral Networks: A Comparative Study of Success and Demise - S.E. Human and K.G. Provan Friends or Strangers? Firm-specific Uncertainty, Market Uncertainty and Network Partner Selection - C. Beckman, P. Haunschild and D. Phillips
- ISBN: 978-0-85702-559-3
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1672
- Fecha Publicación: 31/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 4
- Idioma: Inglés