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NETWORK CHURN: A Theoretical and Emp...

Kneeland, Madeline King.

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NETWORK CHURN: A Theoretical and Empirical Consideration of a Dynamic Process on Performance.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	NETWORK CHURN: A Theoretical and Empirical Consideration of a Dynamic Process on Performance./
作者:	Kneeland, Madeline King.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	169 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-02, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-02A.
標題:	Management. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13863411
ISBN:	9781085577212

NETWORK CHURN: A Theoretical and Empirical Consideration of a Dynamic Process on Performance.
Kneeland, Madeline King.

NETWORK CHURN: A Theoretical and Empirical Consideration of a Dynamic Process on Performance. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 169 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-02, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The overarching purpose of this dissertation is to refine and to expand the concept of network churn as a dynamic process that develops over time, and to measure empirically the network changes underpinning individual performance within an organizational context. The first chapter of this dissertation outlines the theoretical elements of network churn that have not been addressed in the extant literature. These omissions, I argue, have led to an incomplete understanding of how individuals experience churn and how it affects individual performance outcomes. The second chapter is an empirical study that tests hypotheses about the differential performance outcomes of agentic network churn (ego-initiated) and churn that is imposed upon the ego by others in her network (alter-initiated). Beyond the expected effects of network structure, I find that network churn is a powerful predictor of individual, financial performance, but only after disentangling the role of agency in who initiated the churn. Building off the first study, the third chapter examines the opportunities individuals have to engage in network churn within an organizational context. Specifically, I test the effects of attendance at firm offsites as a catalyst for intra-firm network tie formation. I find asymmetries in the observed effects of the offsites on how individuals shape their own network and the role others play in shaping their network. Both empirical studies are conducted in the context of a U.S.-based corporate law firm. I use a granular dataset administrative records of the billable hours of 759 unique partners over eight years, 2005-2012, to identify over 340,000 instances of directed collaboration between partners. From these records, I construct 96 network moments (individual by month) to test related hypotheses about how network churn affects individual performance, measured by client revenue brought into the firm, and the opportunities to engage in churn. My dissertation responds to the notion that "organizational network research has largely bypassed the role of individuals in creating the very social networks that constrain their attitudes and behaviors" (Sasovova et al., 2010: 661), and I bring a deep consideration of agency to the abstract discussion that has dominated the network change literature.

ISBN: 9781085577212Subjects--Topical Terms:

516664
Management.
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Network dynamics

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