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Intraorganizational Networks

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Synonyms

Company chart; Informal network; Informal organization; Interpersonal networks; Organizational blueprint; Organizational grapevine; Organizational social capital; Prescribed versus emergent organizational structure

Glossary

Embedded relation:

Organizational members connected through both a formal and an informal relation

Formal relation:

Organizational members connected only through authority or workflow interdependence

Informal relation:

Organizational members connected only through a personal tie without a formal relation

Membership relation:

Organizational members who are part of the same unit but not connected through a formal or an informal relation

Definition

Intraorganizational networks are the aggregate of the formal and informal relationships between the members of an organization. Depending on the presence or absence of formal and informal elements in the tie between two members of the organization, four elementary types of intraorganizational relationships can be...

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  1. Theoretical Sociology – Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Rafael Wittek

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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  1. Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jacob Dijkstra

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Wittek, R. (2017). Intraorganizational Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_370-1

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