Network Oscillation

Burt, Ronald S.; Merluzzi, Jennifer

doi:10.5465/amd.2015.0108

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“…Thus, embedded cosmopolitans enact network strategies that entail a mix of brokerage and closure, simultaneously combining brokerage beyond their cultural group with closure inside the group (Burt, 1992(Burt, , 2005. In contrast, culturally disembedded cosmopolitans are less likely to maintain a tight social network that is culturally specific and relatively homogeneous, and thus their network strategies can be described as "brokerage only" (Burt & Merluzzi, 2016). 7 We therefore propose that the network structure of embedded and disembedded cosmopolitans is likely to promote a particular set of brokerage opportunities and constraints and has implications for bridging structural holes (Burt, 2004).…”

Section: Bridging Structural Holes and Cultural Embeddednessmentioning

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Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Levy¹,

Lee

Jonsen

et al. 2018

Journal of Management

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TRANSCULTURAL BROKERAGE: THE ROLE OF COSMOPOLITANS IN BRIDGING STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL HOLES ABSTRACTThe growth and proliferation of global systems and transnational cultures have generated larger and more diverse types of cosmopolitans, all of whom span conventional social boundaries. Understanding this diversity is increasingly important because cosmopolitans often bridge across a wide range of transnational and global networks within and across global organizations. Drawing on multiple disciplines, we conceptualize cosmopolitanism as an embodied disposition characterized by high levels of cultural transcendence and openness that are manifested in and enacted along varied trajectories of cultural embeddedness in one's own culture and cultural engagement with the cultural Other. We then propose an analytical framework for the influence of cosmopolitan disposition on transcultural brokerage processes, specifically on bridging structural and cultural holes. Finally, we present a typology of cosmopolitan brokers and their corresponding practices and activities as they engage in transcultural brokerage. By recognizing the diversity and complexity of cosmopolitans and their respective dispositions, we significantly expand the pool of "global talent" beyond the traditional focus on expatriates, and we challenge the conventional wisdom on who counts as talent in an interconnected world.

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Section: Bridging Structural Holes and Cultural Embeddednessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Levy¹,

Lee

Jonsen

et al. 2018

Journal of Management

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“…;Quintane & Carnabuci, 2017), relations allowed to fall into remission can be productively reanimated (Levin, Walter, & Murnighan, 2011), and advantage can depend on networks oscillating between closed and open (Burt & Merluzzi, 2016). Is the presumed stability of core guanxi a characteristic of the networks around Chinese entrepreneurs, or is it an unexamined functionalist assumption (as was common in early network analysis, see Burt & Merluzzi, 2016)? Results in Table 7 support the image of a stable core.…”

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Chinese Entrepreneurs, Social Networks, andGuanxi

2017

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Intending to clear space for rigorous integrative research bridging theory and research across East and West, we highlight four conclusions from exceptional data on the networks around Chinese entrepreneurs: (1) The broker networks associated with business success in the West are also associated with success in China; (2) The trust correlates of closed networks in the West are similarly correlated in China; (3) History and trust proven in events emerge as especially important to the Chinese entrepreneurs; (4) High-quality network data on Chinese business leaders are a practical reality. We use the results to define a network perspective on guanxi ties that can be common ground for integrating results across East and West, and guide future research on the role networks play in Chinese business.

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“…However, being a broker is complex, and it makes significant cognitive demands. Brokers consume more cognitive resources for the same key reason they get ahead: effort in “decoding and encoding information” (Burt & Merluzzi, , p. 369). Because brokers sit in between the two unconnected alters, they receive different bits of information from different sources.…”

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Teams as boundaries: How intra‐team and inter‐team brokerage influence network changes in knowledge‐seeking networks

2018

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Summary What role does an ego's brokerage location—within a team (intra‐team) or outside the team (inter‐team)—play in the evolution of an instrumental knowledge‐seeking network in terms of both proximal (i.e., within the team) and distal (i.e., outside the team) tie formation and tie decay? We address this question by drawing on literature about social networks, brokerage, and teams. We use temporally separated data from 302 students embedded in 97 teams to test our hypotheses about the impacts of intra‐team and inter‐team brokerage on proximal and distal network evolution, specifically on four network changes in knowledge‐seeking networks: proximal tie formation, proximal tie decay, distal tie formation, and distal tie decay. We find that these four changes depend on individual network brokerage location even after controlling for personality and task characteristics. Specifically, inter‐team brokers change their networks both within and outside their teams, whereas intra‐team brokers curtail their network changes. We argue that these opposite effects occur because inter‐team brokers have greater autonomy than intra‐team brokers. This study adds to the ongoing dialog about network evolution in social network literature and to the conversations about brokerage and its location in the context of team‐based work.

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Network Oscillation

Cited by 152 publications

References 67 publications

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Transcultural Brokerage: The Role of Cosmopolitans in Bridging Structural and Cultural Holes

Chinese Entrepreneurs, Social Networks, andGuanxi

Teams as boundaries: How intra‐team and inter‐team brokerage influence network changes in knowledge‐seeking networks

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