Combine and Conquer: Social Networks and Psychological Process for Understanding Behavior

Management scholars have taken increasing interest in the interplay of social network structure and psychological processes in organizations. Exploring longstanding social network theories alongside psychological theories has revealed more comprehensive understandings of several important phenomena in organizational behavior. Yet, these investigations and results are only part of wider-spread and ongoing research efforts to understand systematic patterns of behavior through joint consideration of social structure and psychological processes. In this symposium, we include papers that show how features of ties and broader social networks intertwine with psychological processes to explain other areas of OB. Domains addressed in these papers include conflict styles, ethnic and gender differences, lay beliefs, entrepreneurship and narcissism. The papers in this symposium reveal an in-depth look at how psychological processes work as antecedents or outcomes of social networks. Hidden Networks: Who Sees the Social World as a Network and Why Presenter: Tanya Menon; Ohio State U. Presenter: Catherine Shea; Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business The Effect of Network Density on Social Identity Threat and Performance among Women Entrepreneurs Presenter: Raina A. Brands; London Business School Getting Connected: Identity Group Membership and Portfolios of Social Capital Presenter: Jae Kwon Jo; The U. of Texas at Austin Presenter: David A. Harrison; U. of Texas at Austin Lay Theories of Instrumental Relations: Implications for Homophily in Work Relations Presenter: Ko Kuwabara; INSEAD Presenter: Jiyin Cao; Stony Brook U.-State U. of New York A Glorified View of Their Networks: How Narcissists Achieve Personal Success Presenter: Jigyasu Shukla; U. of Central Florida Presenter: Prasad Balkundi; U. at Buffalo, The State U. of New York Presenter: Amit K. Nandkeolyar; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad