Community of scholars: An exploratory study of management laureates

W. Duncan; Eric Ford; Matthew Rousculp; Peter Ginter

doi:10.1023/a:1020414829761

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 55: Issue 3

Community of scholars: An exploratory study of management laureates

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W. Duncan

W. Duncan University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business/Graduate School of Management Birmingham AL 35294 (USA) Birmingham AL 35294 (USA)

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Eric Ford

Eric Ford The Pennsylvania State University Department of Health Policy and Administration University Park PA 16802 (USA) University Park PA 16802 (USA)

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Matthew Rousculp

Matthew Rousculp University of Alabama at Birmingham Lister Hill Center, School of Public Health Birmingham AL 35294 (USA) Birmingham AL 35294 (USA)

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Peter Ginter

Peter Ginter University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health Birmingham AL 35294 (USA) Birmingham AL 35294 (USA)

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Pages:: 395–409

Online Publication Date:: 03 Nov 2004

Publication Date:: 01 Nov 2002

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020414829761

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Abstract

Social network analysis is an important research tradition in structural sociology and has contributed much to our understanding of inter and intra organizational relations. Of particular significance is the contribution of social network analysis to the definition of community. Communities, whether traditional or scientific, can be effectively thought of as a series of positions and roles. This paper proposes four hypotheses about a select group of management scholars (laureates) and the network ties that connect them. Laureates were asked to identify individuals who had influenced their intellectual development and work in the management discipline. An invisible college in the traditional sense did not exist but rather a complex series of intellectual neighborhoods were identified. These neighborhoods, as contrasted to true communities or colleges were small, uncoordinated, and fragmented.

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