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Type: | Artigo Científico |
Title: | Understanding network picture complexity: an empirical analysis of contextual factors |
Author: | Ramos, Carla Sofia Dias Moreira Henneberg, Stephan C. Naudé, Peter |
Publication Date: | 2012 |
Original Abstract: | There has recently been increasing interest in the relationship between managers' perceptions of their surroundings and their interactions with other actors. This sense-making issue is linked to the development of the concept of network pictures. Our paper investigates a hitherto neglected aspect of network pictures: their complexity. In several bodies of literature, complexity has been found to affect firms' action and performance. We theoretically derive a model of network picture complexity, which is then used to analyze forty-seven network pictures collected in seventeen companies from two distinct networks. Complexity is assessed on a number of dimensions at the individual, and organizational levels. We show the relationship between complexity and an individual manager's characteristics (number of years in a company, as well as experience in internally or externally oriented functions). We also provide evidence for a relationship between cognitive complexity and the number of years a company has been established in business, and the complexity of companies' internal structures. In doing so, this article contributes to a better understanding of the contextual factors that drive sense-making in business networks. |
Keywords in original language : | Business networks Cognitive complexity Contextual factors Network picture Sense-making |
Language: | Inglês |
CNPq Area: | Ciências Sociais Aplicadas |
URI: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019850111002471?via%3Dihub |
Copyright: | O INSPER E ESTE REPOSITÓRIO NÃO DETÊM OS DIREITOS DE USO E REPRODUÇÃO DOS CONTEÚDOS AQUI REGISTRADOS. É RESPONSABILIDADE DOS USUÁRIOS INDIVIDUAIS VERIFICAR OS USOS PERMITIDOS NA FONTE ORIGINAL, RESPEITANDO-SE OS DIREITOS DE AUTOR OU EDITOR |
Appears in Collections: | Coleção de Artigos Científicos |
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