Expectations of staying in house: The effect of social networks

Jan Kratzer; Károly Takács

doi:10.1556/revsoc.13.2007.1.2

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Review of Sociology

Volume/Issue:: Volume 13: Issue 1

Expectations of staying in house: The effect of social networks

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Jan Kratzer

Jan Kratzer University of Groningen Faculty of Management and Organization P.O. Box 800 9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands

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Károly Takács

Károly Takács Corvinus University of Budapest Institute of Sociology and Social Policy H-1093 Budapest Fővám tér 8 Hungary

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Pages:: 31–48

Online Publication Date:: 19 Jun 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Jun 2007

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/revsoc.13.2007.1.2

Keywords:: R&D management; social networks; social capital; career expectations; human resource management

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Previous research describes social structure in which employees are embedded as one of the important determinants of intra-organizational career expectations. There are two contradictory arguments in the literature, however. First, social closure of informal relations is supposed to strengthen the intentions of staying. Second, the efficiency and effectivity of the individual social network is assumed to enhance in-house career expectations. This empirical study analyzed data from 44 R&D teams in the Netherlands. Multilevel analysis was used to separate individual and team influences. Results show that the prospects to stay in the R&D team are determined positively by social closure, whereas the expectation to stay in the organization is determined positively by the efficiency and effectivity of individual social networks. The conclusions highlight that different forms of social capital might be important for different types of career perspectives.

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Review of Sociology

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Review of Sociology
Language	English
Year of Foundation	2000
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