Instrumental and affective ties within the laboratory: The impact of informal cliques on innovative productivity

Gomez-Solorzano, Manuel David; Tortoriello, Marco; Soda, Giuseppe

doi:10.1002/smj.3045

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“…Whereas they recognize the instrumental value of such relations, they also demonstrate that this value varies according to the types of ties developed by organizations ( McEvily, Jaffee, & Tortoriello, 2012 ; Tortoriello & Krackhardt, 2010 ; Tortoriello, Reagans, & McEvily, 2012 ). For example, Gomez-Solorzano, Tortoriello, and Soda (2019) show that affective relationships paired with instrumental ones enhance inventor performance in R&D departments, but ties based on knowledge sharing and friendship tend to decrease such performance. Li, Veliyath, and Tan (2013) reveal the beneficial influence of informal and structural network arrangements on the performance of clusters of firms.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review

Cyr

Breton‐Miller

Miller

2022

Journal of Management

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To date there has been little systematic organization of the extensive literature on the processes and mechanisms shaping social relationships in and around organizations. In an analysis of 372 studies from this literature, we identified a broad spectrum of assumptions, priorities, and relational issues emerging from multiple disciplines and theoretical lenses. Three dominant perspectives surfaced in our study: economic, organizational, and interactionist. Each manifests distinctive ontologies of social relations, actors, relational processes, and modes of social embedding. The rich variety of relationships and causal patterns discovered characterizes more fully these perspectives, suggesting opportunities for further research within each, and a wider range of conceptual options to target relational paradigms toward different types of organizations, problems, and levels of analysis. It also brings to light the pluralistic nature of social relations in organizational contexts and the processes by which they become embedded.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review

Cyr

Breton‐Miller

Miller

2022

Journal of Management

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“…It is widely established that social networks play a critical role in the generation of novel ideas in organizations (Gómez Solórzano, Tortoriello, & Soda, 2019;Perry-Smith, 2006). Specifically, individuals who by virtue of the structure and composition of their networks are exposed to a more diverse set of inputs are at a "vision" advantage when it comes to seeing opportunities for recombinatorial novelty (Burt, 2004).…”

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“…First, individuals benefit from exposing their ideas to their inner-circle ties early. The additional commitment of inner-circle colleagues increases the patience needed to digest what might be, at least at first, ill-defined and illstructured ideas (Gómez Solórzano et al, 2019;Reagans & McEvily, 2003). As such, this creates ideal conditions for candid, constructive feedback (Rouse, 2020).…”

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Inside-Out, Outside-In, or All-in-One? The Role of Network Sequencing in the Elaboration of Ideas

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Criscuolo

Salter

2023

AMJ

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The structure of advice and support networks within organizations has a profound impact on the elaboration of novel ideas. We explore how the sequence in which individuals expose ideas to their network contacts affects their innovation performance. We argue that, during idea elaboration, inside-out network sequencingthat is, mobilizing input and support from innercircle ties before outer-circle onesyields an innovation performance advantage over outside-in network sequencing and all-in-one mobilization of network contacts. Inside-out network sequencing generates valuable early feedback and support from inner-circle ties that actively engage with ill-defined, ill-structured and uncertain ideas, and delays exposure to outer-circle ties until ideas can better withstand criticism from beyond the social circle where they emerged. We further contend that the benefits of inside-out network sequencing are amplified in environments that lack support for innovation. Using an analysis of survey data and archival innovation performance records for 301 R&D scientists and engineers in a large multinational firm, we find support for our predictions.

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“…However, we know that people can turn to others to pursue resources different from new information. For instance, Gómez-Solórzano et al (2019) show that mutual trust and support from interpersonal networks are crucial to spurring corporate R&D scientists' innovative behaviors. In this respect, Cross and Sproull (2004) propose the concept of "actionable knowledge" to capture the different forms in which interpersonal networks can be useful to make progress in projects.…”

Section: Gathering Instrumental Resources: Tie Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disentangling the variety of collaborative practices beneath translational research: an ego-network perspective

Díaz-Faes¹,

Llopis²,

D’Este³

2022

Preprint

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Translational research policies have increased the expectations about accelerating healthcare improvements and medical innovations. Although such policies aim to reshape how biomedical scientists organize, conceive, and conduct science, most of the analysis and evaluations of these initiatives focus on measuring the outputs generated at different stages of the research process rather than directly observing scientists’ research practices. In this paper, we seek to understand collaborative practices in the context of translational research by examining the network configurations established by biomedical scientists to advance their research. We adopt an ego-network perspective and draw on three network attributes - network diversity, tie strength and tie content - to understand how scientists mobilize tangible and intangible resources through their interpersonal connections and enable the translation of scientific knowledge into practical applications. Our analysis is based on a large-scale survey conducted in the context of a flagship initiative that aims to support translational research in Spain: the CIBER program. Our cluster analysis identifies diverse scientists’ profiles: downstream-oriented, upstream-oriented, and brokering scientists. We propose that using a network lens provides valuable insights on how policy interventions operate in practice.

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Instrumental and affective ties within the laboratory: The impact of informal cliques on innovative productivity

Cited by 36 publications

References 47 publications

Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review

Organizational Social Relations and Social Embedding: A Pluralistic Review

Inside-Out, Outside-In, or All-in-One? The Role of Network Sequencing in the Elaboration of Ideas

Disentangling the variety of collaborative practices beneath translational research: an ego-network perspective

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