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Author Westaby, James D.

Title Dynamic network theory : how social networks influence goal pursuit / James D. Westaby.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Theoretical overview, assumptions, and levels of analysis -- Dynamic goal pursuit : network motivation, emotions, conflict, and power -- Groups, organizations, and goal pursuits over time -- Interventions : leadership, helping, networking, and organizational learning -- Cognition and mental health in social networks -- Conclusions and applications.
Summary "New advances across the social sciences are highlighting social networks as phenomena that can motivate people and change lives. But what the literature has not addressed is what gives social networks such power. How do they facilitate and regulate change? Parsimoniously answering these questions from a scientific perspective is not as simple as one may think. In fact, relatively few theories have attempted to comprehensively explain how social networks influence goal achievement and performance across situations from a metatheoretical perspective. Although numerous books and articles have nicely focused on social networks, motivation, goals, leadership, and organizational behavior, few have developed a unified theory that explains behavior across these domains. In response, this volume introduces a new dynamic network theory of goal pursuit to explain how social networks influence goal achievement, performance, and behaviorally related processes at various levels of analysis. This original theory goes beyond traditional social network analyses by directly infusing goals and network regulation processes into social networks, an approach that has not been sufficiently addressed, theoretically or empirically, in social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, or management science. This volume uniquely combines the new theory with new methodologies to address the complexities of social network action at individual, group, organizational, and international levels of analysis"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).
Note Description based on print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Social networks -- Psychological aspects.
Goal (Psychology)
Social Support.
Goals.
Other Form: Print version: Westaby, James D. Dynamic network theory. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012 9781433810824 (DLC) 2011022333 (OCoLC)727658538
ISBN 9781433810824 print ed.
1433810824 print ed.
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