Introduction to the Special Issue: The Genesis and Dynamics of Organizational Networks

被引:467
作者
Ahuja, Gautam [1 ]
Soda, Giuseppe [2 ,3 ]
Zaheer, Akbar [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Stephen M Ross Sch Business, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Bocconi Univ, Dept Management, I-20136 Milan, Italy
[3] Bocconi Univ, SDA Bocconi Sch Management, I-20136 Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Minnesota, Carlson Sch Management, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
关键词
economic sociology; economics and organization; social networks; organization and management theory; interorganizational relationships; COLLABORATION NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL HOLES; SOCIAL-STRUCTURE; EMBEDDEDNESS; INDUSTRY; DETERMINANTS; PERSPECTIVE; INNOVATION; ALLIANCES; STABILITY;
D O I
10.1287/orsc.1110.0695
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
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 has been paid to understanding how and why organizational networks emerge, evolve, and change. Improved understanding of network dynamics is important for several reasons, perhaps the most critical being that the understanding of network outcomes is only partial without an appreciation of the genesis of the network structures that resulted in such outcomes. To provide a context for the papers in this special issue, and with the broader goal of furthering network dynamics research, we present a framework that begins by discussing the meaning and role of network dynamics and goes on to identify the drivers and key dimensions of network change as well as the role of time in this process. We conclude with theoretical and methodological issues that researchers need to address in this domain.
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页码:434 / 448
页数:15
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