... 07 2024 23 07 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Emergent leadership Agile Social network analysis Informal leadership Emergent leadership is now practiced in numerous multinational corporations (MNCs), like...

... their characteristics are. This study investigates emergent leaders' behaviors, roles, skills, and leadership style, drawing on a multi-method approach. Design/methodology/approach We first identify emergent leaders using social network analysis and aggregation approaches. Second, we investigate emergent leaders...

..., including (1) social network analysis (SNA) to formulate the conceptual model and (2) construct validation through partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM). Findings The six proposed hypotheses were supported. These results suggest that addressing these variables and relationships after considering...

... network and the influencing factors of China’s inter-regional innovation correlation effect. Design/methodology/approach Based on the patent data of 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China from 1991 to 2017, social network analysis was used to find out the characteristics...

.../value The originality of the work resides in applying social network analysis (SNA) for healthcare management settings, proving evidence and guidelines to show how healthcare organizations can benefit from the adoption of SNA-based approaches. Lorella Cannavacciuolo is the corresponding author...