A comparative network analysis, with Joyce Klein Marodin and Miikka Lehtonen
Highlights
While we know that networks are vital for team innovation, it remains relatively poorly understood how the different networks can form and structure an innovative team. Our research intends to fill this gap by examining three different teams within the same organization. Informed by social network theory and based on a sample of 318 ties, we examine how team network structures give rise to innovations. Our analysis explores the density, quality, and centrality of the three-team structures and investigates how the structure of the team network influences the degree of innovativeness within these teams. Finally, we discuss our findings given the importance of leaders’ positionality and their roles as boundary spanners. Our study contributes to the debate about team dynamics and innovation and explored implications for practice.
Sustainable Development Goals
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