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The Network Paradigm in Organizational Research: A Review and Typology
Stephen P. Borgatti
Department of Organization Studies, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
Pacey C. Foster
Department of Organization Studies, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
In this paper, we review and analyze the emerging network paradigm in organizational research. We begin with a conventional review of recent research organized around recognized research streams. Next, we analyze this research, developing a set of dimensions along which network studies vary, including direction of causality, levels of analysis, explanatory goals, and explanatory mechanisms. We use the latter two dimensions to construct a 2-by-2 table cross-classifying studies of network consequences into four canonical types: structural social capital, social access to resources, contagion, and environmental shaping. We note the rise in popularity of studies with a greater sense of agency than was traditional in network research.
Journal of Management, Vol. 29, No. 6,
991-1013 (2003)
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2063_03_00087-4
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