OMT
Martin Kilduff
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Federica Bianchi
U. della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Alexandra Gerbasi
U. of Exeter Business School, United Kingdom
Kun Wang
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Michelle Rogan
Saïd Business School U. of Oxford, United Kingdom
Eric Quintane
ESMT Berlin, Germany
Claudia Estévez-Mujica
U. de los Andes, Colombia, Colombia
Maria Umana
Pontificia U. Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia
Taiyi Yan
UCL School of Management, United Kingdom
Vijaya Venkataramani
U. of Maryland, United States
Chaoying Tang
-, China
In any group or organization, conflicts of interest can arise between what serves the collective’s interests and what benefits each individual member (e.g., Evans, Hendron, & Oldroyd, 2015). This tension between the individual and the collective may emerge in the realm of social capital returns (Ibarra, Kilduff & Tsai, 2005). For example, individuals might erode the social capital of the whole community as they strive to maximize their own network benefits. Similarly, the community might prosper at the expense of individuals’ social capital. Although prior research in social networks has suggested the potential dilemmas arising from the juxtaposition of individual and communal social capital, empirical evidence concerning these dilemmas has been limited. Most social network studies concentrate on individual ego networks and their impact on the focal individual, overlooking their influence on the surrounding network community. This symposium presents four lines of research, each highlighting promising frontiers of social network research at the intersection of the individual and the collective. The first paper examines the tensions that arise in bowtie structures as brokers between cohesive groups seek advantage. The paper poses the question as to the relative outcomes for individuals and groups with respect to social capital and creativity. In the second paper, the focus shifts to cross-team social interactions, revealing an unexpected tradeoff. Whereas these interactions are commonly perceived as beneficial for work teams, the paper reveals how they can cause burnout to boundary spanners due to emotional contagion. The third paper investigates how brokers within a competition network are likely to be disadvantaged if their competitors join forces with each other rather than engage in competition with each other. The fourth paper examines the challenges faced by racial and ethnic minorities within social networks. It uncovers a dilemma between individual networking efforts and the collective network structures and dynamics that hinder or facilitate individual success.
Author: Kun Wang – UCL School of Management
Author: Martin J. Kilduff – UCL School of Management
Author: Claudia Patricia Estévez-Mujica – U. de los Andes, Colombia
Author: Eric Quintane – ESMT Berlin
Author: Maria Camila Umana – Pontificia U. Javeriana Bogotá
Author: Taiyi Yan – UCL School of Management
Author: Vijaya Venkataramani – U. of Maryland
Author: Chaoying Tang – -
Author: Federica Bianchi – U. della Svizzera Italiana
Author: Alexandra Gerbasi – U. of Exeter Business School