When homophilous ties matter: Social network brokerage and individuals’ innovative behavior

Nedkovski, Vojkan

doi:10.1016/j.emj.2021.01.012

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“…We utilized gender, age, education level, and hierarchical level as a control variable as gender, age, education level 5 , 66 and hierarchical level 67 have been shown to relate to IB.…”

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How Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi Influence Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Gao¹,

Liu²

2021

PRBM

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Purpose In the practice of inspiring employees’ innovative behavior (IB), managers often pay attention to the role of policies, capitals, incentive measures, equipment and other factors, while ignoring the role of the relationship between leaders and employees. Based on social exchange theory and conservation of resources theory, this paper is to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC) in the relationship between supervisor–subordinate guanxi (SSG) and employee IB, and the moderating role of psychological safety (PS) in the series mediation model between SSG and employee IB. Patients and Methods Cross-sectional data came from 207 employees of Chinese scientific and technological enterprises. The participants completed the SSG scale, JS scale, OC scale, IB scale, and PS scale. SPSS PROCESS macro was used to test the research hypothesis. Results SSG was positively associated with employee IB. SSG can not only influence IB through JS or OC (SSG→JS→IB; SSG→OC→IB) but also influence IB through JS and OC (SSG→JS→OC→IB). PS moderated the joint mediating effects between SSG and IB (SSG→JS→OC→IB). Conclusion To stimulate employees’ IB within an enterprise can pay attention to the relationship between leaders and employees, improve employee JS, and strengthen employee OC. The lower the PS, the stronger the joint mediation effects between SSG and employee IB. Therefore, leaders should also pay attention to employees with high PS to avoid the counterproductive effect of cultivating SSG.

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“…We utilized gender, age, education level, and hierarchical level as a control variable as gender, age, education level 5 , 66 and hierarchical level 67 have been shown to relate to IB.…”

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confidence: 99%

How Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi Influence Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Gao¹,

Liu²

2021

PRBM

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“…Further, supplier networks with greater green knowledge diversity can bring a manufacturer brokerage advantages by way of substantial connections (Nedkovski and Guerci, 2021; Tortoriello et al , 2014). With such networks, manufacturers can access new green knowledge in diverse fields.…”

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How can green innovation from manufacturers benefit from supplier networks?

Cheng

Hsu

Sheu

2022

SCM

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Purpose Prior research on supply chain management has advanced substantially our understanding of how suppliers’ knowledge affects manufacturers’ green innovation. However, overlooking the suppliers’ diverse green knowledge in supplier networks, namely, green knowledge diversity, has limited our understanding of both supply chain management and green innovation development. To address this important issue, this study aims to rely on social network theory as the overarching framework and knowledge-based view as the underlying theoretical foundation to examine how green knowledge diversity contributes to manufacturers’ green innovation performance, while considering three types of supplier network properties (network strength, network heterogeneity and network density). Design/methodology/approach This study collects both survey and secondary proxy data from 209 manufacturing firms over three time periods (mid-2018, mid-2019 and mid-2020). PROCESS macro is applied to test the research hypotheses. Findings The results provide compelling evidence that green knowledge management processes partially mediate the effect of green knowledge diversity on manufacturers’ green innovation performance. The effect of green knowledge diversity is strengthened by supplier network strength and supplier network heterogeneity, but hindered by supplier network density. Practical implications This study provides a practical guide to help manufacturers enhance green innovation performance by properly managing and leveraging their suppliers’ diverse green knowledge domains in supplier networks. Originality/value This study contributes to the supply chain management and green innovation literature by offering novel theoretical and empirical insights into how manufacturers can use their supplier networks to strengthen green innovation.

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“…The mean level of intersectional homophily was 3.1, which suggests that alters, on average, were similar to respondents across three out of the five (i.e., race, politics, gender, religion, and age) demographic characteristics. This suggests that intersectional homophily is quite common and greater than what most intersectional studies assume, which often consider the intersection of only two sets of categories (Block and Grund 2014;Davis et al 2015;Nedkovski and Guerci 2021). 9…”

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“Defriending” in a polarized age: Political and racial homophily and tie dissolution

Paik

Pachucki

2023

Social Networks

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When homophilous ties matter: Social network brokerage and individuals’ innovative behavior

Cited by 12 publications

References 69 publications

How Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi Influence Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

How Supervisor–Subordinate Guanxi Influence Employee Innovative Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

How can green innovation from manufacturers benefit from supplier networks?

“Defriending” in a polarized age: Political and racial homophily and tie dissolution

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