Social Network Analysis on Stefan Breet

Network Agency and Creativity: The Mutual Interdependence between Network Actors and Social Structures

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:45:33 +0200

This sub-theme explores the dynamic tension between networks and agency in organizations—how social structures shape action, and how actors influence social structures.

Bottleneck or Not? The Ceiling Effect of Network Closure on Individual Innovative Performance

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:03:45 +1100

A presentation of a study showing that closed networks serve as social straitjackets that prevent employees from achieving high levels of innovative performance.

Bottleneck or Not? The Ceiling Effect of Network Closure on Individual Innovative Performance

Wed, 22 May 2024 16:55:00 +0200

A presentation of a study showing that closed networks serve as social straitjackets that prevent employees from achieving high levels of innovative performance.

Changes in networking behavior: Examining network perception and proactive work behavior when employees work from home

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:03:59 +0200

This talk is part of the symposium “Relational Aspects of Working from Home: Embracing Opportunities and Navigating Challenges” organized by Michal Biron and Sumita Raghuram.

Symposium

Physical distances (e.g., office versus home), temporal difference (e.g., work time or non-work time), and distinctive role identities are greatly reduced while employees work from home. Work relationships in the context of work from home are thus likely to differ from relationships taking place in the traditional, office-based context. The key question that guides this symposium is: How do employees engage in work relationships while working from home to achieve desired goals? To begin answering this broad question, we focus on five relationship settings: relationships with coworkers in the context of networking, relationships with managers and within teams in the context of learning, relationships within teams in local and multinational contexts, relationships with customers in the context of cyber misbehavior, and relationships with the broader society in the context of cultural norms. Our goal is to spark a debate around the changing nature of boundaries, relationships, and consequences in remote work environments. This symposium brings together a collection of papers that examine how the challenges and opportunities related to working from home, which intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, can have far-reaching implications for future theorizing and research.

Changes in Networking Behavior when Employees Work from Home: The Role of Network Perception and Proactive Work Behavior

Wed, 24 May 2023 17:26:04 +0200

In this talk, I presented the first ideas I have about the effects of remote work on people’s networking behavior. The talk was part of Sub-Theme 07 SWG Beyond Social Relations – Different Forms and Shapes of Networks of the EGOS Colloquium 2023 in Cagliari.

Abstract

People’s workplace relationships affect a range of important organizational outcomes (Hollenbeck & Jamieson, 2015) and building and maintaining relationships with others is a vital part of one’s job. However, government regulations to handle the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees in Western Europe to work from home, drastically reducing the opportunity to informally meet colleagues. Prior research suggests that people respond to uncertainty and threat by either “widening” or “winnowing” their social networks (Smith, Menon, & Thompson, 2012; Woehler et al., 2021). When employees winnow their social networks by reducing the number and frequency of social interactions, they also reduce their access to valuable opportunities (Burt, 1992). Thus, identifying why employees widen or winnow their workplace social networks in response to a working from home situation—such as the one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic—is a vital, yet understudied undertaking

Changes in Networking Behavior when Employees Work from Home: The Role of Network Perception and Proactive Work Behavior

Wed, 24 May 2023 17:23:41 +0200

Innovation Management: Idea Development and Relational Analytics

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 13:30:49 +0200

A lecture on innovation management, focusing on the generation of ideas, social networks, and social capital.

Does it matter who learns? A social network model of team exploratory and exploitative learning

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:16:08 +0200

Session Details

The presentation will be part of Session 2295 Interpersonal and Interfirm Ties in Science and Innovation, organized by the Knowledge and Innovation Interest Group. The session is chaired by Andy Wu. It consists of four presentations about social networks and organizations

Authors: Raphael Boemelburg (University of St. Gallen) & Stefan Breet (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Does it matter who learns? A social network model of team exploratory and exploitative learning

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0200

In this presentation at the EGOS Colloquium 2022 in Vienna, I argue that team exploratory and exploitative learning emerge in different ways depending on the social structure of the team

A Network Perspective on Corporate Entrepreneurship

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This dissertation develops and tests a network perspective on corporate entrepreneurship.

Does It Matter Who Learns? A Social Network Model of Team Exploratory and Exploitative Learning

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0200

In this presentation at the University of Utrecht, I argue that team exploratory and exploitative learning emerge in different ways depending on the social structure of the team

Innovation Management: Idea Development and Relational Analytics

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:45:00 +0200

A lecture on innovation management, focusing on the generation of ideas, social networks, and social capital.

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:45:00 +0100

In this study we show that employees can only be highly innovative if they develop and maintain open workplace social networks.

The Social Network Effects of Postmerger Taking Charge Behavior

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200

The Social Constellation of Star Employees: Why an Open Network is Necessary for High Levels of Individual Innovation in Professional Service Firms

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0200

In this study, we show that an open network position is a necessary condition for achieving high levels of individual innovation in professional service firms.

Stepping Up or Laying Low? A Social Network Perspective on Post-Merger Taking Charge Behavior

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:50:00 +0200

In this study, we examine how the network ties of employees can mitigate low levels of organizational identification and stimulate employees to take charge after a merger.

An Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis for Social Network Research

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0200

This workshop will provide an introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). NCA can be used to test whether a condition (X) is necessary but not sufficient for an outcome (Y). It provides a new perspective on existing phenomena and is complementary to the regression-based modeling that we usually apply. When a condition is necessary for an outcome, the outcome does not exist without the condition. The condition serves as a “bottleneck”, “critical factor”, or “constraint”. This resonates with the social networks literature in which the limitations of certain relationships or network positions are often considered. NCA allows us to quantify those limitations and to answer questions like “is a brokerage position necessary for creativity?”, “is a closed network position necessary for trust?”, and “are positive ties necessary for a person’s wellbeing?”. This interactive workshop will teach participants the logic and importance of necessary conditions, illustrated with examples form different fields. We will also compare NCA to other methods, such as regression analysis. The workshop will help participants to become the first users of NCA in their field, with hands-on instructions about how to build necessity theories, and how to analyze data for testing such theories using the NCA R software.

Is it about who you know or what you are? A social network perspective on intrapreneurship

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0200

This lecture provides an overview of the latest research on social networks and intrapreneurship

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0100

Do You Need to Be a Broker to Be Innovative? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:00:00 +0100

I gave a virtual presentation to the Social Network Analysis Discussion Group of the University of Saskatchewan on brokerage, innovative performance and necessary condition analysis

Tie Content and Individual Outcomes in Organizations

Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:40:00 +0100

I organized a session during SUNBELT 2018 on tie content and individual outcomes in organizations

Brokerage and Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizations: The Role of Political Skill

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:15:00 -0400

I presented a working paper on brokerage, entrepreneurial behavior, and political skill at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017 in Atlanta