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Exploring Emergence of Social Networks in Organizations

This summary delves into theories, interdependencies, and social mechanisms shaping network emergence, governance, and outcomes within organizations. It covers rationalist, structuralist, and culturalist explanations, highlighting key concepts and real-world examples.

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Exploring Emergence of Social Networks in Organizations

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  1. Emergence of Networks: Summary • Relationships • consist of repeated exchange of resources and commitments • are governed by ‘rules of the game’ pre- or proscribing behavior, shared by two or more actors • Rationalist Explanation • Externalities from functional interdependence • Low transaction costs • Structuralist Explanation • Network embeddedness through structural interdependence • Monitoring • Culturalist Explanation • Shared identities through cognitive interdependence • Credible signals QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  2. Theoretical Implications • Good “network” explanations • require the specification of interdependencies • explicate the theoretical paradigm and its underlying actor assumptions • explicate a social mechanism linking the macro condition and the collective outcome QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  3. Interdependencies

  4. Tie Content Visits Ceremonial items Food Pottery etc. Social approval Structure ‘Ring’ Triad Centrality (Tubetube) Power (M. Bennets) Density InterdependenciesKula Example QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  5. Social Mechanisms

  6. Village A High mean calory intake Dense social structure Village B Low mean caloryintake Sparse social structure Social Mechanisms: Example QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  7. Social Mechanism 1: Control Village Physcial Well-Being Village Network Density Macrolevel Individual Sharing IndividualSocial Conrol Microlevel QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  8. Social Mechanism 2: Solidarity Village Physcial Well-Being Village Network Density Macrolevel Sharing Prosocial Motivation Microlevel QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  9. Macro-conditions Collective Outcome Social Mechanisms: Summary Macro-Level Situational Mechanism Transformation Mechanism Individual restrictions and preferences Micro-Level IndividualBehavior Action-Formation Mechanism QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  10. Theories of Action

  11. Theories of Action and Actor Assumptions Compared QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  12. Theories of Action and Actor Assumptions Compared Source: Lichbach (2003), p. 132 QMSS Summerschool, Ljubljana

  13. Example: Networks and Social Control in Organizations The Case of a Management Team in a German Paper Factory

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