Contemporary perspectives on organizational social networks / / edited by Daniel J. Brass [and four others]

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (514 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.3
• Soggetto topico: Organizational sociology; Social networks; Society
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BrassDaniel J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ADVISORY BOARD; THEORY; HOW ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY CAN HELP NETWORK THEORIZING: LINKING STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS VIA CROSS-LEVEL ANALOGIES; INTRODUCTION; ANALOGICAL THEORIZING; AGE DEPENDENCE AND LIABILITY OF NEWNESS OF RELATIONSHIPS; RELATIONAL IMPRINTING AND THE HAZARDS OF REDEFINITION; CONTINGENCY BETWEEN TIE STRENGTH AND CULTURAL CONTENT; CODE-IDENTITY THEORY AND THE STRENGTH OF UNIPLEX TIES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; REFERENCES ; MAKING PIPES, USING PIPES: HOW TIE INITIATION, RECIPROCITY, POSITIVE EMOTIONS, AND REPUTATION CREATE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL INTRODUCTION; OLD VERSUS NEW ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL; ACTIONS AND MECHANISMS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; BRINGING AGENCY BACK INTO NETWORK RESEARCH: CONSTRAINED AGENCY AND NETWORK ACTION; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; TOWARD A FRAMEWORK OF CONSTRAINED AGENCY; IDEAL TYPES OF CONSTRAINED AGENCY; CONSTRAINED AGENCY AND NETWORK ACTION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; TOWARD A STRATEGIC MULTIPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE ON INTERFIRM NETWORKS STRATEGIC MULTIPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; IN EITHER MARKET OR HIERARCHY, BUT NOT IN BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY: WHERE STRONG-TIE NETWORKS ARE FOUND IN THE ECONOMY; ENDOGENIZING EMBEDDEDNESS: WHERE ARE STRONG TIES MORE COMMON?; TENSIONS IN NEED OF RESOLUTION; A PROPOSED RESOLUTION: FOUR STEPS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; BROKERAGE AS A PROCESS: DECOUPLING THIRD PARTY ACTION FROM SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURE; THE CONFLATION OF SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURE AND BROKERAGE ; A RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF BROKERAGE THREE STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS TO BROKERAGE ACTION; HETEROGENEOUS BROKERAGE NETWORK STRUCTURES: AN EXPANDED VIEW OF BROKERAGE INCORPORATING MULTIPLEXITY AND VARIANCE IN ALTER ATTRIBUTES; IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; EMBEDDED BROKERAGE: HUBS VERSUS LOCALS; BROKERAGE EMBEDDED IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATION; EVIDENCE OF CLOSE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STATUS AND HOLES; EVIDENCE OF COMPLEMENTARY ADVANTAGE FROM STATUS AND HOLES; CONCLUSION: HUBS VERSUS LOCALS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; THE POWER OF THE WEAK; INTRODUCTION ; SECURING THE CONTROL OF VALUABLE RESOURCES EMBEDDING DEPENDENCE INTO SOCIAL NETWORKS; THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF EMBEDDING STRATEGIES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; COHESION, POWER, AND FRAGMENTATION: SOME THEORETICAL OBSERVATIONS BASED ON A HISTORICAL CASE; BACKGROUND; THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATE NETWORK; COHESION, SUCCESS, AND FRAGMENTATION; THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATE ELITE; EXOGENOUS SHOCKS, AND THE ELITE'S RESPONSE; A PYRRHIC VICTORY?; IMPLICATIONS FOR NETWORK THEORY; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; AFFECT IN ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; INTRODUCTION ; AFFECT AS A RELATIONAL CONSTRUCT
• Sommario/riassunto: Social network analysis has transformed the study of organizations over the past 30 years. Rather than focus on individuals or teams, network scholars view the organization as a nexus of relationships. As its popularity increases, the scholarship is evolving in many directions including new theory on network dynamics, multilevel thinking, multiplex networks, digital networks, instrumental and affective ties, and cross-cultural considerations, in addition to advances in methods and measures, and new organizational applications. This compendium of essays points the way to contemporary issues in
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary perspectives on organizational social networks
• ISBN: 1-78350-752-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453600303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in the sociology of organizations ; ; v. 40.