This study looks at what happens to the collection of relationships (network) of service
professionals during a role transition (promotion to a management role). Our setting is three …

This study examines employee perceptions of social network dynamics in the context of an
organizational change. We employ a longitudinal design in a field study of a US-based …

We examine how the organizational adoption of new practices is influenced by relational
pluralism, ie, an organization's multiple ties to actors inside and outside its industry. We …

We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of
ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to …

Since the 1970s, the concept of social networks became very popular in the sociological
literature on organizations. This is especially the case when focusing on human service …

Organizations frequently change to stay competitive in dynamic and complex environments.
At the same time, however, organizational members often do not react as expected, and fail …

This paper contributes to the literature on organizational change by examining organizations
as social entities embedded in inter-organizational networks. In contrast to extant research …

Involvement in workplace networks generates career advantages. The explanations for why
people develop or dissolve these valuable relationships tend to center around interaction …