Innovation Forum 2019.1.25 Ning Li
Topic:
“Social Network Perspectives in Organizational Research: Past, Present, and Future”
Speaker:
Ning Li
(Associate Professor, Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa)
Date:
January 25th (Friday) 2019
from 13:00 to 15:00
Place:
IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building
Abstract:
Over the past decade, social network research has been a powerful
tool to understand important organizational phenomena spanning
different research areas, such as leadership (Carter, DeChurch, Braun,
& Contractor, 2015), teamwork (Li, Zhao, Walter, Zhang, & Yu, 2015),
creativity and innovation (Perry-Smith & Shalley, 2003), career
(Seibert, Kraimer, & Liden, 2001), power and influence (Ibarra &
Andrews, 1993). A social network approach allows organizational scholars
to capture the complex and dynamic interactions among individuals in the
workplace and gain a finer grained understanding of the phenomenon of
interest. Moving forward, with the fast development of information
technology, modern technologies have transformed the way employees work
in contemporary organizations. As a result, organizations are
increasingly using digital collaboration platforms to encourage more
efficient collaborations among employees. Therefore, social network
analysis is also a powerful tool in understanding employee behaviors in
the digital era. In this presentation, we will synthesize various
applications of social network analysis in organizational research in
the past and discuss promising future directions of social network
research such as digital collaboration, network change, and big data.
tool to understand important organizational phenomena spanning
different research areas, such as leadership (Carter, DeChurch, Braun,
& Contractor, 2015), teamwork (Li, Zhao, Walter, Zhang, & Yu, 2015),
creativity and innovation (Perry-Smith & Shalley, 2003), career
(Seibert, Kraimer, & Liden, 2001), power and influence (Ibarra &
Andrews, 1993). A social network approach allows organizational scholars
to capture the complex and dynamic interactions among individuals in the
workplace and gain a finer grained understanding of the phenomenon of
interest. Moving forward, with the fast development of information
technology, modern technologies have transformed the way employees work
in contemporary organizations. As a result, organizations are
increasingly using digital collaboration platforms to encourage more
efficient collaborations among employees. Therefore, social network
analysis is also a powerful tool in understanding employee behaviors in
the digital era. In this presentation, we will synthesize various
applications of social network analysis in organizational research in
the past and discuss promising future directions of social network
research such as digital collaboration, network change, and big data.
Organizer:
Masaru Karube