Sub-theme 07: [SWG] Meaning and Social Networks within and between Organizations

Convenors:
Julia Brennecke, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Francesca Pallotti, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
Leon A.G. Oerlemans, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 08, 09:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Network Dynamics and Field Evolution/ Networks - Collaboration in Teams and Projects
Break 1: 10:30 to 11:00
Chair: Julia Brennecke/ Francesca Pallotti
Galina van der Weert, Katarzyna Burzynska and Joris Knoben
The relation between network involvement and perceived network goal attainment: The role of social comparison and organizational goal achievement
Discussant(s): Stefano Tasselli
Thomas A. Bejarano
Stories and sensemaking: An exploration into a cluster facilitators network building efforts
Discussant(s): Galina van der Weert
Stefano Tasselli and Alessandro Sancino
The coevolution of leaders’ social networks and emotion regulation: A grounded theory study on COVID-19
Discussant(s): Thomas Bejarano
Anna Moretti, Stefano Li Pira and Francesco Zirpoli
EXPLORATION vs. EXPLOITATION IN GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES: INNOVATION PERFORMANCE IN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Discussant(s): Elisa Mattarelli
Bas Reus, Christine Moser and Peter Groenewegen
Knowledge sharing quality on an Enterprise Social Network: The moderating effect of being a bridging member
Discussant(s): Anna Moretti
Tasha Richard, Kristin S. Williams, Albert Mills and Jean Helms Mills
The impact of funding on the co-production of knowledge: Following a multi-disciplinary group of researchers
Discussant(s): Bas Reus
Elisa Mattarelli, Julia Eisenberg, Carlotta Cochis, A Gupta and Amar Gupta
Bringing the team together: The double-edged sword effect of brokers on innovation in globally distributed teams
Discussant(s): Tasha Richard
Please see the excel file distributed to all SWG7 participants via email for details.
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 08, 16:00 to 20:00, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Networks: Status and Identity Generation/ Virtual drinks
Chair: Leon Oerlemans
Demetrius Lewis and Ruo Jia
Ties that bind or ties that free? Core-periphery collaboration and identity shifting in US Hollywood Films 1985–2016
Discussant(s): Ananya Chatterjee
Ananya Chatterjee and Demetrius Lewis
The effect of status on diversification strategies of venture capital firms
Discussant(s): Lishia Liu
Lisha Liu
Match-Making with Caution: Financial Leverage, Performance, and Cross-Network Triadic Closure
Discussant(s): Ananya Chatterjee
Please see the excel file distributed to all SWG7 participants via email for details. Paper presentations in this session will run until 17:30. Afterwards, we plan to socialize.
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 09, 09:00 to 12:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Inter-organizational Networks and Corporate Change/ Networks and Meaning I
Break 1: 10:30 to 11:00
Chair: Francesca Pallotti/ Leon Oerlemans
Stefan Breet, Lotte Glaser, Justin Jansen and Lotte Glaser
Who steps up after a merger? The effects of boundary-spanning on post-merger taking charge behavior
Discussant(s): Slobodan Kacanski
Leon A.G. Oerlemans, Melda Atakhan-Kenneweg, Jörg Raab and Melda Atakhan-Kenneweg
New inter-organizational knowledge tie formationafter firm relocation: Investigating the impact of the spatial, relational, and temporal contexts
Discussant(s): Stefan Breet
Slobodan Kacanski, Kim Klarskov Jeppesen and Peng Wang
How strong are relationships between board members and their audit partners? A network analysis of the EY and KPMG merger case
Discussant(s): Leon Oerlemans
Dennis West
Connectivity of meanings in organizational networks: The case of social-environmental reporting standards
Discussant(s): Adriano Solidoro 
Charles Kirschbaum, Fabio Ayres and Gabriela Antibas
Exploring structural and discursive boundaries: Combining blockmodeling and word embedding analysis
Discussant(s): Dennis West
Gianluigi Viscusi, Adriano Solidoro, Francesco Aleotti, Christopher Tucci and Davide Diamantini
Meaning and social dynamics in crowdsourcing: A case study
Discussant(s): Charles Kirschbaum
Please see the excel file distributed to all SWG7 participants via email for details.
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 09, 16:00 to 17:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Networks and Meaning II
Chair: Julia Brennecke
Celeste Diaz Ferraro
Power and meaning in genomic medicine: Processes of field emergence and evolution
Discussant(s): Ruo Jia
Yasanthi Alahakoon and Kavoos Mohannak
Meaning construction in knowledge networks: Bringing ‘tacitness’ to the forefront
Discussant(s): Celeste Diaz Ferraro
Ruo Jia and Sheridan Stewart
Silence, echo, or reply: Organizational structure and responses to calls for communal solidarity
Discussant(s): Yasanthi Alahakoon
Please see the excel file distributed to all SWG7 participants via email for details.
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 10, 09:00 to 10:30, Virtual Conference (EventsAir)
Networks and Brokerage
Chair: Francesca Pallotti
Lara Bertola and Claudia Jonczyk
Two types of network brokerage: How sense ofpower, seniority and gender matter
Discussant(s): Ecem Bilge Delicik
Qi Zhang and Stefano Tasselli
Brokerage as a means or an end? The perspective of interpretive agency
Discussant(s): Lara Bertola
Ecem Bilge Delicik, Zakaria Babutsidze and DIBIAGGIO DIBIAGGIO
Knowledge heterogeneity and inventors’ performance: The role of brokerage
Discussant(s): Qi Zhang
Please see the excel file distributed to all SWG7 participants via email for details.