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Embeddedness
About: Embeddedness is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4773 publications have been published within this topic receiving 229721 citations.
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TL;DR: This article explored the configuration of project workers' external social networks and their effects on innovative behavior, using data on the network ties of workers in 17 project organizations in the new-media industry and found that workers embedded in cohesive work-related social structures outside the organization tend to be more innovative in their project work than workers lacking such networks.
Abstract: Project organizations operate in environments where innovation depends significantly on the ability to integrate different but interrelated knowledge bases. These knowledge bases include individuals who are located outside organizational boundaries and have no formal relationship with the organization, but are connected socially to project workers. Organizational researchers have generally recognized the importance of external social relations for knowledge search. However, there is some debate on the question of whether social networks are more useful for innovation if they provide social cohesion through close interaction or access to diverse and novel sources of knowledge through more distant relationships. This study explores the configuration of project workers' external social networks and their effects on innovative behaviour, using data on the network ties of workers in 17 project organizations in the new-media industry. The findings are more consistent with the social embeddedness view of close social relations providing an important source of continuity in markets where intermittent projects are common. Project workers embedded in cohesive work-related social structures outside the organization tend to be more innovative in their project work than workers lacking such networks.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of both job embeddedness and shocks on the turnover intention of self-initiated expatriates and found that on-the-job embeddedness played a key role in predicting turnover intentions.
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30 Nov 2010
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TL;DR: The concept of ConflictSpace as discussed by the authors facilitates the systematic analysis of interstate conflict data, and identifies the spatiality of conflict as a combination of relational theories of power, which is based on relational theory of power.
Abstract: The concept of ConflictSpace facilitates the systematic analysis of interstate conflict data. Building on relational theories of power, we identify the spatiality of conflict as a combination of te...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the duality between adherence to the parent's and local expectations is addressed by studying six important Australian and British IBCs in two major higher education hubs in South East Asia.
Abstract: Past research revealed that International Branch Campuses (IBCs) are simultaneously under two types of isomorphic pressures. On the one hand, they are obliged to conform to the institutions of their host countries, which lead them towards homogenising with the local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), hence deviate from their parent unit's model. On the other hand, they are required to maintain their parent unit's identity across borders. By adapting to the local context, IBCs gain legitimacy in their local milieus and thus reduce tensions with local stakeholders. By maintaining similarity with their parents, they differentiate from the local competitors and therefore better compete in the market place. This paper addresses the duality (between adherence to the parent's and local expectations) by studying six important Australian and British IBCs in two major higher education (HE) hubs in South East Asia. We identify the determinants of the IBCs' strategic choices and their responses to institutional pr...
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