Strategy implementation is difficult, particularly as it often requires changes in formal
organization structures. Prior research has shown that change in the formal structure may …

Intraorganizational social networks are known to be important antecedents to individual
career attainment, but research examining their influence on firm-level performance has …

In multidivisional firms, the corporate staff is central to the implementation of corporate‐level
strategy, but empirical evidence on its function is limited. We examine one corporate staff …

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 …

Purpose While strategy was traditionally perceived as exclusive, and limited to small groups
within organizations, recently a shift toward greater openness through inclusion of a larger …

Interfirm relationship networks are strategic resources that can potentially be shaped by
managerial action. As a first step towards understanding how managers can shape …

v Foreword Over the years strategic initiatives have received increasing importance as core
vehicles for strategy-making. These coordinated undertakings enable firms to reinforce the …

We studied 459 social servants to determine how their career network building behaviors
were related to their social capital, and how this affected their speed of promotion within their …

Research on organizational networks revolves around two broad themes–the organizational
consequences of networks and the determinants of network dynamics. In most studies we …

Abstract Changes in organizational structure affect the intra-organizational communication
network. However, despite an increasing relevance of less hierarchical and less …