dc.contributor.author |
Liu, Jiamou |
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dc.contributor.author |
Moskvina, Anastasia |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-04-02T23:18:11Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-12 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Social Network Analysis and Mining 6:26 pages Article number 106 Dec 2016 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1869-5450 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/32415 |
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dc.description.abstract |
An organizational structure consists of a network where employees are connected by working and social ties. Analyzing this network, one can discover valuable insights into information flow within the organization. We develop this idea and propose a simple network model that is consistent with management theory, and that captures main traits of large corporations. The carcass of the model is an organizational hierarchy. We extend it by allowing additional types of connections such as collaboration, consultation, and friendship. Having both formal and informal interpersonal ties, our model supports a multilevel approach to social networks. Using a centrality-based definition of power, we are able to identify important individuals in the network. Our model provides novel insights into a range of organizational properties: (1) organizations have limited hierarchy height. (2) Flattening, the process when a business changes from a tall to a flat hierarchy by delayering, is intimately related to changes in the power of employees. (3) Informal relations significantly impact power of individuals. (4) Leadership styles could be reflected and analyzed through understanding weights on the ties in an organizational network. We implement our model and tools in a stand-alone application CORPNET, which provides functions for generating synthesized organizational networks, analyzing and visualizing interpersonal relations, and computing network measures. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Social Network Analysis and Mining |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1869-5450/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Hierarchies, ties and power in organizational networks: model and analysis |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1007/s13278-016-0413-2 |
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pubs.volume |
6 |
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dc.description.version |
AM - Accepted Manuscript |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Springer Verlag |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
552315 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Computer Science |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1869-5469 |
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pubs.number |
106 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-04-03 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2016-11-16 |
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