In recent years, we have witnessed the rapid proliferation and widespread adoption of a new
class of information technologies, commonly known as social media. Researchers often rely …

Contemporary definitions of leadership advance a view of the phenomenon as relational,
situated in specific social contexts, involving patterned emergent processes, and …

Egocentric network analysis is used widely across the social sciences, especially in
anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology, and is increasingly being …

This paper provides a general overview on different perspectives and studies on social
cohesion, offers a definition of social cohesion that is deeply rooted in current literature, and …

Interest has burgeoned, in recent years, in how social networks influence individual
creativity and innovation. From both the theoretical and empirical points of view, this …

When people are facing difficulties, they often feel the need for a confidant-a person to vent
to or a sympathetic ear with whom to talk things through. How do they decide on whom to …

The microfoundations of dynamic capabilities have assumed greater importance in the
search for factors that facilitate strategic change. Here, we focus on microfoundations at the …

Throughout the book, we use empirical examples to illustrate the material. Because social
networks are studied in a variety of traditional academic disciplines, we draw our examples …

Organizations are increasingly adopting new technologies, such as social media, that afford
employees a repertoire of uses not simply focused on work, but also on socialization and …

This paper addresses key implications in momentous current global energy choices–both for
social science and for society. Energy can be over-used as a lens for viewing social …