July 2007
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 56m
English
book
The Organizational Network Fieldbook: Best Practices, Techniques, and Exercises to Drive Organizational Innovation and Performance
by Rob Cross, Jean Singer, Sally Colella, Robert J. Thomas, Yaarit Silverstone
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19.4. Endnotes
[] The specific story behind this example can be found on pages 4–7 of The Hidden Power of Social Networks (Harvard Business School Press, 2004).
[] I use a more sophisticated electronic network profiling instrument with peer feedback in it, which can be found on www.robcross.org.
[] Daniel Brass, "Structural Relationships, Job Characteristics and Work Satisfaction and Performance," Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981; Ronald Burt, Structural Holes; Ronald Burt, "The Network Structure of Social Capital"; Martin Gargiulo and Mario Benassi, "Trapped in Your Own Net? Network Cohesion, Structural Holes, and the Adaptation of Social Capital"; Joel Podolny and James Baron, "Resources and Relationships: Social Networks and Mobility ...
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