Call for Papers: 25th EGOS Colloquium, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lisbon</st1:city></st1:place>, 2010
Sub-theme 02 SWG – Organization Network Research
Sub-theme title: New Directions in Organizational Network Theory and Research
Convenors:
<st1:personname productid="David Knoke" w:st="on">David Knoke</st1:personname>, <st1:personname productid="Department of Sociology" w:st="on">Department of Sociology</st1:personname>, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Minneapolis</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
knoke001@umn.edu
<st1:personname productid="Amalya Oliver" w:st="on">Amalya Oliver</st1:personname>, <st1:personname productid="Department of Sociology" w:st="on">Department of Sociology</st1:personname> and Anthropology, <st1:placename w:st="on">Hebrew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>
amalyao@gmail.com
Patrick Kenis, <st1:personname productid="Department of Organization" w:st="on">Department of <st1:placename w:st="on">Organization</st1:placename></st1:personname> <st1:placename w:st="on">Studies & TiasNimbas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, <st1:placename w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:city>, The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>
p.kenis@gmail.com
Guest convenor:
<st1:personname productid="David Stark" w:st="on">David Stark</st1:personname>, <st1:personname productid="Department of Sociology" w:st="on">Department of Sociology</st1:personname> & International Affairs, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Columbia University</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
dcs36@columbia.edu
Call for Papers
Which theoretical perspectives on the social network analysis of organizations have stood the empirical test of time? Over more than three decades, organization researchers have generated an enormous body of evidence about network structures and their effects. Their findings span all levels of analysis from individuals to teams, to departments and divisions, to organizations and interorganizational systems. We call for contributions that take stock of the state of organization network research by applying distinctive theoretical explanations and assessing the most promising approaches for future efforts. We invite papers that examine the efficacy of network theories to guide empirical research on relational structures and processes within or between organizations. Contributions to the sub-theme might address, but are not limited to, topics that:
- synthesize the findings from a series of substantive studies into a coherent theoretical model of network structure and process
- assess the relative abilities of alternative network theories to explain or predict a particular empirical organizational condition
- critique the capacities and limitations of a specific theory to generate novel insights and understanding of some organizational phenomenon
- elucidate theoretical variations in observed organizational networks across time, space, or cultural settings
- explore how integrating two or more network theories, each perhaps more relevant at different levels of analysis, might yield a more comprehensive account
- clarify apparent conundrums between theoretical principles of network analysis and those of substantialist theories for explicating an organizational action
- appraise structural-relational theories as pragmatic mechanisms for generating research questions and designing empirical research projects
- evaluate the usefulness of network theories for policy makers and practitioners faced with difficult jobs of running programs and organizations
- depict interrelations between theories and methods and show how alternative methods could better examine network theories or refine their constructs
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions. Please submit a Short Paper (max. 3,000 words) via the EGOS Website until *January 10*, 2010. Short papers should focus on the main ideas of the paper. If the short paper is accepted, the full version must be submitted by May 31, 2010.
Amalya <st1:personname productid="L. Oliver" w:st="on">L. Oliver</st1:personname>
Organization Studies
<st1:personname productid="Department of Sociology" w:st="on">Department of Sociology</st1:personname> and Anthropology
The <st1:placename w:st="on">Hebrew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>