An extensive body of knowledge exists on network outcomes and on how network structures may contribute to the creation of outcomes at different levels of analysis, but less attention …
Social networks are dynamic by nature. While network research has typically treated relationships between social actors as static, there has been a surge in literature extending …
The emergence and proliferation of network forms of organization has sparked interest and debate in organization studies. We have learned much about the effects of networks but our …
This article aims to shed light on the drivers underlying the role and scope of intentional governance of the structural dynamics of whole interorganizational networks. Prior research …
We introduce the construct of network inertia, referring to a persistent organizational resistance to changing interorganizational network ties or difficulties that an organization …
The central argument of network research is that actors are embedded in networks of interconnected social relationships that offer opportunities for and constraints on behavior …
This paper focuses on an emergent debate about the microfoundations of organizational social networks. We consider three theoretical positions: an individual agency perspective …
Over the last decades, the idea that communication constitutes organizations (CCO) has been gaining considerable momentum in organization studies. The CCO perspective …
M Benassi - Scandinavian Journal of Management, 1995 - Elsevier
Network approaches have been gaining growing support, since they seem to grasp the profile of modern organizations, which are increasingly embedded in a sea of relationships …