Let it go or let it grow? - Personal network development and the mobilization of intra-organizational social capital
Publication year
2022Number of pages
16 p.
Source
Social Networks, 68, (2022), pp. 179-194ISSN
Annotation
19 juni 2021
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Bedrijfskunde
Organisatie-ontwikkeling
Methoden
Journal title
Social Networks
Volume
vol. 68
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 179
Page end
p. 194
Subject
Institute for Management ResearchAbstract
We investigate how differences in personal network development affect the mobilization of social capital for new organizational members. Analyzing three waves of panel data reported by 24 newcomers in nine organizations, we ask whether the kind and volume of resources derived by focal actors depends rather on changes in the composition or in the size of their intra-organizational networks. We find that change in network composition predicts an increase in social capital mobilization over time. Network growth is found to reduce the affective resources that newcomers mobilize. Implications for subsequent research and organizational socialization practices are discussed.
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