A network utilization perspective on the leadership advancement of minorities
| Autor: | Jasmien Khattab, Anne Nederveen Pieterse, Daniel L Van Knippenberg, Morela Hernandez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Organisation and Personnel Management |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Social network
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry Actor–network theory Process (engineering) Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) 050109 social psychology Differential (mechanical device) General Business Management and Accounting Work (electrical) Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Business Marketing 050203 business & management Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Academy of Management Review, 45(1), 109-129. Academy of Management |
| ISSN: | 0363-7425 1930-3807 |
| Popis: | Social network researchers have shown that, compared to majority employees, structural constraints can cause minority employees to end up in network positions that limit their access to resources (i.e., social capital), and consequently limit their access to professional opportunities. These findings, however, do not explain why structurally equivalent minority and majority employees achieve differential returns of social capital on their leadership advancement. We propose that majority and minority employees differ in terms of network utilization, which is the extent to which individuals utilize their existing network ties. We theorize why and how network utilization processes—career and work utilization of network ties—can explain employees’ (i.e., actors) influence on their leadership advancement. We also explicate the process through which actors’ direct and indirect network connections (i.e., alters) contribute to such outcomes through both career-supporting utilization and work-supporting utilization with actors. We conclude by outlining the boundary conditions of network utilization theory, a theory that changes the current understanding of how existing social network ties can perpetuate the underrepresentation of minorities in leadership positions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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