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Submission: 17611 | Submission Type: PDW Workshop
Program Session: 241 | Submitting sponsor(s): HR, OB, HCM, RM | Accepting sponsor(s): HR, OB, HCM, RM
Orientation: Practice, Research, Theme: Innovating for the Future
Scheduled: Saturday, Aug 10 2024 8:00AM - 9:30AM at Swissotel Chicago in Vevey 2
 
Innovating the Future of Relational Analytics: Bridging Relational Coordination and Social Networks
 
Scheduling Requests: Max Room Capacity: 75 | Date/Time: Saturday, Aug 10 No Time Preference | Duration: 1.50
 
Abstract
 Despite serving as primary lenses through which relational analytics are explored, the fields of relational coordination and social networks rarely intersect (Gittell & Ali, 2021; Soltis, Methot, Gittell & Harris, 2023). The aim of this professional development workshop is to begin to bridge this gap and help to innovate towards a future of relational analytics that simultaneously employs the theories and methods related to relational coordination - the study of how groups communicate and relate to manage interdependent tasks - and social networks - the study of formal and informal structures of relationships in organizations. We hope to accomplish this goal by bringing leading scholars in each field together to interact with each other as well as other academics and practitioners with an interest in the role of relationships in human resource management and organizations, more broadly. The combination of relational coordination (Gittell, 2002; Gittell, Seidner, & Wimbush, 2010) and social networks (Borgatti, Mehra, Brass, & Labianca, 2009; Borgatti, 2006; Brass, 1981) has the potential to better describe, assess, and improve the coordination of work in complex organizational systems. We will start with primers on each field in isolation before discussing the criticality of cross-perspective views. Participants will then break into facilitated working groups to develop different approaches to integrating the two methods, conceptually and/or technically, building on examples from past, current or future work where relevant. We will come back together to share our ideas and to consider the research program going forward with a panel of experts in relational coordination and social networks.
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  Submitter:
Scott Soltis, U. of Kentucky

Participants:
 Organizer: Scott Soltis, U. of Kentucky
  Organizer: Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis U.
  Presenter: Anindita Roy Bannya, UNSW Sydney
  Panelist: Kristin Cullen-Lester, U. of Mississippi
  Panelist: Theresa M. Floyd, U. of Montana
  Panelist: Michaela Kerrissey, Harvard U.
  Panelist: Ajay Mehra, U. of Kentucky
  Panelist: Stephen M. Shortell, U. of California, Berkeley
  Panelist: Sijia Wei, Northwestern U.


  Statuses:
Submitted: 1/8/2024 8:12:00 PM
Uploaded: 1/8/2024 9:42:29 PM. Revised: 1/8/2024 9:42:29 PM
Finalized: 1/9/2024 10:12:30 AM
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