Sub-theme 31: Network Agency and Creativity: The Mutual Interdependence between Network Actors and Social Structures
Convenors:
Stefan Breet, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Francesca Pallotti, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Stefano Tasselli, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, & Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Session I: Thursday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Network agency: Foundations and Pocesses
Chair: Francesca Pallotti
Anno Kaspar Friedrich von Heimburg and Jochen Runde
Exploring micro-mechanisms of the organisation of the firm
Discussant(s): Amit Kumar
Shelly Qi
The agency trap: How network leverage reinforces social class disadvantages at work
Discussant(s): Qi Zhang
Chahira Mehouachi, Camille Toussaint and Thomas Paris
Unraveling the role of network-agency in cluster emergence: Evidence from French video games clusters
Discussant(s): Arushi Aggarwal
Alessandro Iorio, Manuel D. Gómez Solórzano and Giuseppe Soda
A glitch in the matrix: How a low tolerance for ambiguity can lead to success in dual-reporting jobs via social networks
Discussant(s): Imran Ilyas
Session II: Thursday, July 03, 11:00 to 12:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Agency in Action: Focus on Brokering and Brokerage
Chair: Stefano Tasselli
Marija Meškova, Nahyun Kim, Remco S. Mannak and Leon A.G. Oerlemans
Brokerage behavior and shared understanding in cross-sector partnerships: An integrative review
Discussant(s): Chang-Wa Huynh
Hayley Mcgllivray, Martie-Louise Verreynne and Henri Burgers
Brokers and brokering, the facilitator's paradox: Building capabilities to become redundant
Discussant(s): Natalia Bagnoli
Shihan Li and Rebekah Hong
Cross-domain brokerage and innovation: Unpacking the roles of brokerage orientation and organizational identification
Discussant(s): Julian Held
Elisa Operti
Who are you working for? Analyzing brokerage roles, gender congruity, and performance
Discussant(s): Thijs A. Velema
Session III: Friday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Unpacking the Connections between Agency, Creativity, and Innovation
Chair: Stefan Breet
Amit Kumar and Elisa Operti
Economic crisis and tie formation in innovation network
Discussant(s): Anno Kaspar Friedrich von Heimburg
Qi Zhang and Stefano Tasselli
Mobilizing social capital in open vs. closed triads for your innovation: The role of sensitivity and political skills in idea
championing
Discussant(s): Shelly Qi
Arushi Aggarwal
Groove robbers: Exploring the effects of copyright litigation on musical collaborations
Discussant(s): Chahira Mehouachi
Imran Ilyas and Frédéric Godart
The interorganizational network in the conglomerate and its impact on the relationship between organizational creativity and
firm performance
Discussant(s): Alessandro Iorio
Session IV: Friday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Interorganizational Networks at the Boundaries between Firms, Entrepreneurs, and Innovation
Chair: Francesca Pallotti
Ivan Belik, Eirik Knudsen, Kari Sofie Mysen Conradsen, Max Hartvig-Larsen and Kari Sofie Mysen Conradsen
The hidden ties: Analyzing interfirm relations in a Norwegian fintech cluster
Discussant(s): Chadi Takieddine
Anja Grüll and André Martinuzzi
Dynamics of EU-funded project for research and innovation: A social network analysis of inter-organizational collaboration
Discussant(s): Aafke Coopmans
Hannaneh Moradi
Network identity: Exploring continuity and change in a global health research network
Discussant(s): Shu Zhang
Maksim M. Sitnikov, Nuno Barros De Oliveira and Leon A.G. Oerlemans
Relational effects on the clock: Exploring the sources of variance in the speeds of relational antecedents of interorganizational
relationships
Discussant(s): Shaheena N. Janjuha-Jivraj
Session V: Friday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Leadership, Power, and Resistance as Expressions of Agency in Social Networks?
Chair: Stefano Tasselli
Lena Fischer, Daniel Pastuh, Jan Goldenstein and Mike Geppert
Changing relationship networks of repatriates – Implications for power, micro-politics and influence tactics in MNCs
Discussant(s): Marija Meškova
Alberto Monti
Leadership emergence in organization: Integrating social network and social identity theory
Discussant(s): Hayley J Mcgllivray
Yao Ma, Claudia Jonczyk and Emmanuelle Fauchart
Networking efficiency: The effect of individual and network agency
Discussant(s): Shihan Li
Mehdi Farajallah
Riders in the network: Agency and resistance in Deliveroo’s algorithmic ecosystem
Discussant(s): Elisa Operti
Session VI: Saturday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
Psychology and Social Capital in the Contemporary Workplace
Chair: Stefan Breet
Chang-Wa Huynh and Arnaud Cudennec
The glad, the wad and the qngry: How inidental emotions drive evaluators’ connections to (similar) others
Discussant(s): Ivan Belik
Natalia Bagnoli, Gabriele Boccoli, Luca Gastaldi, Mariano Corso, Luca Gastaldi and Mariano Corso
Redefining bonds: social capital in digitally-mediated work environments
Discussant(s): Anja Grüll
Julian Held, Claudia Jonczyk and Emmanuelle Fauchart
Staying or leaving? A mixed-methods study on the role of satisfaction, investment, alternatives and networking performance
in entrepreneurial network turnover
Discussant(s): Hannaneh Moradi
Thijs A. Velema, Yang-chih Fu and Jing-Shiang Hwang
Replenishing social capital: How deferring contact across weak and bridging ties mobilizes network benefits
Discussant(s): Maksim M. Sitnikov
Session VII: Saturday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, Communication Building-CN 3103
A Contextual Approach to Agency, Networks, and Outcomes within and across Organizations
Chair: Francesca Pallotti
Chadi Takieddine and Hsin-Hsuan Meg Lee
Sustaining innovation: Exploring triadic collaborations in AI-enhanced service delivery
Discussant(s): Lena Maria Fischer
Aafke Coopmans, Anna Braspenning, Remco S. Mannak, Eveline Wouters and Inge Bongers
Organizational boundaries and how to span them during the development, evaluation and implementation of eHealth
Discussant(s): Alberto Monti
Shu Zhang and Jisoo Park
Resilience in adversity: Adverse events and the evolution of physician collaborations
Discussant(s): Yao Ma
Chengyan Pu
Algorithm families meet network governance: The reconstruction of public service delivery today
Discussant(s): Stefano Tasselli