Contacts and Contracts: Cross-Level Network Dynamics in the Development of an Aircraft Material

Authors:
Hans Berends;Elco van Burg;Erik M. van Raaij
Affiliations:
School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Venue:
Organization Science
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate how interorganizational networks and interpersonal networks interact over time. We present a retrospective longitudinal case study of the network system that developed a novel aircraft material and analyze change episodes from a structurationist perspective. We identify five types of episodes in which interpersonal and interorganizational networks interact (persistence, prospecting, consolidation, reconfiguration, and dissolution) and analyze conditions for these episodes and sequences among them. Our findings advance a cross-level perspective on embeddedness and show how individuals may draw on relational and structural embeddedness as distributed resources. The multiple levels of embeddedness impact network dynamics by introducing converging and diverging dialectics, thereby limiting path dependence and proactive network orchestration.