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 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): Ivan Belik
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-Sector Brokerage and Innovation: Unpacking the Roles of Brokerage Orientation and Organizational Identification
Discussant(s): Julian Held
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
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 and Max Hartvig-Larsen
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 and Tero Montonen
Network identity: Exploring continuity and change in a global health research network
Discussant(s): Yao Ma
Maksim M. Sitnikov, Nuno Oliveira, Leon A.G. Oerlemans and Remco S. Mannak
Relational effects on the clock: Exploring the influence of partner similarity on relational effect speeds
Discussant(s): Mehdi Farajallah
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
The Evolution of Networking Efficiency: Roles of Individual Agency and Network Structure
Discussant(s): Shihan Li
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
Natalia Bagnoli, Gabriele Boccoli, Luca Gastaldi, Mariano Corso and Luca Gastaldi
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 behavioural and subjective drivers of 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
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
Chengyan Pu
Algorithm families meet network governance: The reconstruction of public service delivery today
Discussant(s): Stefano Tasselli