Building collegial information networks: A theory of advice network generation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Nebus, James
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2006.21318921
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 615-637
• 关键词: knowledge; MODEL; COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; credibility; attitudes; cognition; strategy; DECISION; CHOICE

摘要

The theory of network generation I present predicts actor selection and retention in forming an advice network. The research question explored is whom do people contact when needing advice? The theory posits that the advice seeker, when possessing rich information on potential alters, decides whom to contact by trading off expected knowledge value versus the cost of obtaining it. In the contact information poor case, alter selection antecedents are the potential contact's accessibility and perceived willingness to share advice.