Background Bridges, brokers and boundary spanners facilitate transactions and the flow of
information between people or groups who either have no physical or cognitive access to …

Contemporary definitions of leadership advance a view of the phenomenon as relational,
situated in specific social contexts, involving patterned emergent processes, and …

Although it is consistently identified as a critical component of team performance, team
communication is often conceptualized in a variety of manners. The present meta-analysis …

We review research in team diversity to take stock of the current state of the science, the
trajectory that led to this state, and a potential way forward that would lead to more …

Improving student achievement through teacher collaboration networks is a current focus of
schools in many countries. Yet, empirical evidence on the relationship between teacher …

Social Capital, the advantage created by location in social structure, is a critical element in
business strategy. Who has it, how it works, and how to develop it have become key …

We present a theoretical model that describes the interaction between social and human
capital and the different forms that such an interaction may take–positive and negative …

Effective work groups engage in external knowledge sharing—the exchange of information,
know-how, and feedback with customers, organizational experts, and others outside of the …

This review of social network analysis focuses on identifying recent trends in interpersonal
social networks research in organizations, and generating new research directions, with an …

In two studies, we develop and test theory about the relationship between speaking up, one
type of organizational citizenship behavior, and unit performance by accounting for where …