Career-related network building behaviors, range social capital, and career outcomes

Andrew Shipilov, Giuseppe Labianca, Valentyn Kalnysh, Yuri Kalnysh

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Abstract

We studied 459 social servants to determine how their career network building behaviors were related to their social capital, and how this affected their speed of promotion within their organizational hierarchy. Results suggest that greater use of network building behaviors leads to greater range social capital, which leads to faster promotion. Factor analysis suggested two main strategies for network building behaviors: networking within structured groups organized around activities (foci) and informal unstructured networking. Informal unstructured networking behaviors were related to greater range social capital and faster promotion, while structured foci networking behaviors were unrelated.

Original languageEnglish
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2007 - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: Aug 3 2007Aug 8 2007

Conference

Conference67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia, PA
Period8/3/078/8/07

Keywords

  • Careers
  • Networking behaviors
  • Social capital

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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