...Dr Fabian Homberg and Dr Rick Vogel; Seungjin Choi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically clarify the relationship between public service motivation and performance by suggesting a framework in which social networks among members provide an explicit mechanism linking employees...

...Corrado Giulietti; Marco Caliendo; Ricarda Schmidl; Arne Uhlendorff Purpose This paper aims to analyze the role of social networks on the job search choices of the unemployed. If social networks convey useful information in the job search process, individuals with larger networks should experience...

... and implementing HR practices in knowledge‐intensive firms (KIF). Design/methodology/approach This article used exploratory research design conducting a single case study of a KIF. Social network analysis (SNA) – network centrality measures and visualization tools – was used to examine the structural position...

... for the importance of informal contacts. Team working Innovation Social networks © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Informal contacts arise from the people's needs for relatedness, affiliation and security and emerge spontaneously (Huse and Bowditch, 1977). However, informal contacts...