April 13-15, 2012
Friday (pre-conference)
9:00am ERGM workshop by Ann McCranie
12:00pm Lunch, on your own in Lexington Green
1:00-3:00pm ERGM workshop by Ann McCranie (continued)
7pm Casual dinner at Tony Roma’s
Saturday
8:00am Breakfast, Hilton Lexington Green
8:30am Welcome
Dean David Blackwell, Gatton College of Business and Economics
Dan Brass, Director of the LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis
8:45am Plenary Session (45 minutes each)
Burt Network volatility and advantage
Quintane How do brokers broker? An investigation of the temporality of structural holes
10:15am Break
10:30am Track Sessions (30 minutes each)
Session A Facilitator: Kidwell
Fernandez- Mateo Coming with baggage: Past rejections and dyadic relationship evolution
Liu A spatial ecology of structural holes: Scientists and communication at a biotechnology firm
Shah Enhancing performance by assisting colleagues: A social network perspective of managerial learning
Session B Facilitator: Marineau
Gargiulo Homophily, network formation, and performance
Rank The relationship between organizational structure and performance: A network approach
Mehra The density-centralization tradeoff: Effects of network structure on potency and performance in multinational teams
12:00pm Lunch, Hilton Lexington Green
1:30pm Track Sessions (30 minutes each)
Session C Facilitator: Edens
Perry-Smith Who follows and who leads? The role of networks and homophily
Sasovova The web of followers: Network churn and leadership dynamics in an emergent organization
Marineau Formal power and network accuracy
Session D Facilitator: Ofem
Yamanoi Post-merger cultural integration from a social network perspective: A computational modeling approach
Kase Microfoundations of interunit ties in MNCs
Venkataramani Leader connections make all the difference: Implications for employees’ radical creativity
3:15pm Break
3:30pm Track Sessions (30 minutes each)
Session E Facilitator: Soltis
Wang Knowledge networks, collaboration networks, and individual absorptive capacity
Tortoriello Lost in transition: How network structure affects knowledge loss in interpersonal knowledge-sharing ties
Halgin Social networks and turnover in knowledge-based company
DeJordy The institutional work of disruption: Distributed agency and relational structures in the U.S. environmental movement
Session F Facilitator: C. Sterling
Agneessens Beneficial and detrimental effects of interpersonal trust: The impact of reciprocated trust, misplaced trust, and team trust variation on employee job performance
Methot Leadership, mentoring, and incivility
Carboni Good broker, bad broker
Casciaro Why does affect matter in organizational networks?
7:00pm Open bar and hors d’oeurves reception at Hilton Lexington Green
8:00pm Assemble in Hilton lobby for transport to Merrick Inn for dinner
Sunday Morning
8:00am Breakfast, Hilton Lexington Green
8:30am Plenary Sessions (45 minutes each) Facilitator: Floyd
Kilduff Is genetics responsible for the effect of social networking on entrepreneurship?
Yenkey Building markets from ethnically fractionalized networks: Recruiting investors into the Nairobi Stock Exchange
10:00am Break
10:15am Plenary Sessions (45 minutes each) Facilitator: Kidwell
Sterling, A. Structural inequality in the workplace: Pre-entry contacts and social networks in organizations
Carnabuci Social structure from the bottom up: How relational schemas shape the emergence of leadership structures.
11:45am
Labianca Special issue announcement, Organization Science, Networks and Psychology
Conference wrap-up
12:15pm Leave for Keeneland or airport