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Individuals’ Formal Power And Their Social Network Accuracy, Joshua Eric Marineau
Individuals’ Formal Power And Their Social Network Accuracy, Joshua Eric Marineau
Theses and Dissertations--Management
Previous research has suggested that individuals differ in their accuracy of perceptions of the social environment, and some research suggests that powerful individuals in particular tend to be lazy, disinterested observers of the social world. A handful of field studies and lab experiments linking power with individuals’ perceptions of others’ social networks have generally supported this view. However, recent theory addressing the psychological consequences of power for the power-holder claim that in certain circumstances and for some kinds of social information, power is linked to increased accuracy of social information. This dissertation tests this idea by drawing on social network …
Who You Are And Who You Know: The Influence Of Personenvironment Fit And Social Network Centrality On Individual Performance, Scott Matthew Soltis
Who You Are And Who You Know: The Influence Of Personenvironment Fit And Social Network Centrality On Individual Performance, Scott Matthew Soltis
Theses and Dissertations--Management
Job seekers and employers frequently make application and selection decisions based on how well they believe there is a ‘fit’ with the organization and job. The personenvironment fit literature has strongly supported this practice demonstrating that fit is an antecedent to attraction, selection, and attrition. What has been lacking, however, is evidence that once individuals enter the organization their fit relates to performance. Using a social network analytical lens, I develop a framework that integrates PE fit and social networks to explore antecedents to employee performance. Using this framework, I explore how informal workplace relationships may act as catalysts through …