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Network Structure, Structural Equivalence And Group Performance: A Simulation Research On Knowledge Process

In: Managing Knowledge For Global And Collaborative Innovations

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  • HUA ZHANG

    (School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, 710049, China)

  • YOUMIN XI

    (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China)

Abstract

According to the trade-off between information diffusion and diversity in an efficient network, we extend Lazer's simulation model on parallel problem solving by adding partner selection strategy: structurally equivalent imitation. In this way we can examine how the interaction of network structure with agent behavior affects the knowledge process and finally influence group performance. Our simulation experiment suggests that when agents adopt structure equivalence imitation the whole organization implicitly would be divided into independent sub-groups which converge on the different performance level and lead the whole group to a lower performance level.

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  • Hua Zhang & Youmin Xi, 2009. "Network Structure, Structural Equivalence And Group Performance: A Simulation Research On Knowledge Process," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Samuel Chu & Waltraut Ritter & Suliman Hawamdeh (ed.), Managing Knowledge For Global And Collaborative Innovations, chapter 29, pages 375-383, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789814299862_0029
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