Positive and negative tie perceptual accuracy: Pollyanna principle vs. negative asymmetry explanations

Marineau, Joshua E.; Labianca, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2020.07.008

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“…When individuals are primed for high power in experimental settings, they usually fail to perceive the informal structure of communication and friendship networks among the low‐power actors (Simpson & Borch, 2005). Other studies indicate that individuals who are higher up in the hierarchy of an organization tend to perceive the informal networks as denser than they actually are and are less likely to be aware of negative ties (Marineau & Labianca, 2021; Simpson et al, 2011). These asymmetries in formal power and network cognition acuity may hinder public officials' leadership capacity.…”

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A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy

Ertan¹,

Siciliano

2023

Public Administration Review

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This article introduces the concept of cognitive social structures to public administration and policy scholars. Cognitive social structures are the perceptions, or mental maps, actors hold of the relationships that exist among the members of their network. These perceptions and their accuracy have implications for actor behavior, decisions, and outcomes. The literature on network cognitions has developed in the fields of psychology and organization studies but has yet to be applied in public administration and policy. We provide an overview of cognitive social structure research. We then demonstrate the theoretical and practical implications cognitive social structures hold for our field by examining applications in two research areas—implementation and leadership. We argue that using a network cognition perspective can help researchers and practitioners to better explain and pursue important organizational and interorganizational phenomena. We hope this article fosters new dialogue on the role of network cognitions in public administration and policy.

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A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy

Ertan¹,

Siciliano

2023

Public Administration Review

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“…Balanced triadic structures are more stable, avoid relational tensions and are grounded on mutual cooperation and positive relationships among members. Unbalanced triads tend to be less stable, more polarized, and often involve stress and discomfort for their members (Marineau & Labianca, 2021). In our setting, we consider gatekeeper and itinerant roles as examples of more balanced triadic structures which are more efficient at sourcing and integrating new knowledge.…”

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Brokerage that works: Balanced triads and the brokerage roles that matter for innovation

Llopis

D’Este

2022

J of Product Innov Manag

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A key premise in innovation literature suggests that individuals enabling contact between pairs of otherwise disconnected others (i.e., holding open triads) are more innovative, as they benefit from more opportunities for knowledge recombination. Such benefits also come with a cost, as conducting innovative action from open triads requires finding common ground to coordinate and integrate disparate knowledge and efforts from unconnected others. However, it is yet unclear which specific open triadic structures offer the greatest net value to facilitate individual innovativeness. We contribute to this debate by going beyond a homogeneous conceptualization of open triads, examining the relation between different brokerage roles and individual innovativeness. We theorize that some roles are more balanced than others in terms of access to knowledge novelty and integration costs. Specifically, we find that balanced open triads (gatekeepers and itinerant roles) are crucial to facilitate individual innovativeness, as compared to unbalanced open triads (coordinator and liaison roles). We also propose that brokers obtain the greatest innovation benefits from balanced open triads when they are embedded in institutional settings that are distant from knowledge applicability. We test our ideas through a large‐scale study of 1,010 biomedical scientists.

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“…Ces générateurs sont en général suivis d'autres questions appelées « interpréteurs de noms », qui demandent à ego des précisions sur les attributs des alters cités, sur les relations ego-alter (type de relation, ancienneté, etc. ), voire sur les relations entre alters (sur les difficultés liées à ce dernier type de question, voir par exemple Marineau et Labianca, 2021).…”

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Lemercier

2021

Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie S

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Sources and data for social network analysis. Social network analysis (SNA) is becoming more and more widespread in several scientific disciplines as a method for processing social, economic, geographic, historical, digital, etc. data. Visualizations of graphs, communities and other ties are multiplying. However, there is a risk that SNA users may lose sight of the conditions under which their data are produced and thereby over-interpret or under-interpret the results. This article provides a guide to the different types of sources of network data, and the pitfalls and choices encountered in the process of producing network data. The first part provides an overview of these pitfalls and choices, and the second part focuses on the specifics of each source of data. Based on the authors’ experience in training network researchers, the article proposes a review of controlled ways of producing network data from this array of sources.

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Positive and negative tie perceptual accuracy: Pollyanna principle vs. negative asymmetry explanations

Cited by 10 publications

References 64 publications

A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy

A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy

Brokerage that works: Balanced triads and the brokerage roles that matter for innovation

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