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Yukika Awazu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Informal Network players knowledge integration and competitive advantage
Journal of Knowledge Management, 2004Co-Authors: Yukika AwazuAbstract:In today’s hyper‐competitive environments, generation and dissipation of knowledge can no longer be understood from within the boundaries of formal organizational mechanisms. Previously, researchers have studied knowledge management based on formal mechanisms; however, few have examined the role played by Informal mechanisms. In this paper, we examine the roles of Informal Network players in knowledge integration and discuss their effects on competitive advantage. For researchers, our paper provides testable propositions and a future research agenda. For practitioners, our paper shows how Informal Network players influence an organization and offers human resource management implications.
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knowledge management in distributed environments roles of Informal Network players
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004Co-Authors: Yukika AwazuAbstract:In today's globally, hyper-competitive marketplace, generation and dissipation of knowledge can no longer be understood from within the boundaries of formal organizational mechanisms. Previously, researchers have studied distributed knowledge management in global contexts based on these formal mechanisms; however, few have examined the role played by Informal mechanisms. In this paper, we will examine the role played by Informal Networks on knowledge management and will devise propositions describing how Informal roles can affect knowledge management activities.
Lisa A Goodman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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intervening in partner violence against women a grounded theory exploration of Informal Network members experiences
The Counseling Psychologist, 2011Co-Authors: Rachel E Latta, Lisa A GoodmanAbstract:A large body of cross-sectional and longitudinal research demonstrates the important contribution of Informal social Networks to the well-being and safety of female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Most survivors turn to family and friends before, during, and after their involvement with formal services; and many rely solely on Informal forms of support. Yet surprisingly little research exists on the subjective experiences of Informal Network members themselves. This study used grounded theory to represent the dynamic and fluid process through which Network members become aware of the violence in their friend or family member’s intimate relationship, make meaning of the violence, develop a narrative regarding their own role in the situation, and use that narrative to guide subsequent decision making about whether and how to engage with the survivor and/or abusive partner. The authors discuss implications of this model for developing a range of Network-oriented intervention and prevention stra...
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a call for a social Network oriented approach to services for survivors of intimate partner violence
Psychology of Violence, 2011Co-Authors: Lisa A Goodman, Katya Fels SmythAbstract:Despite the many hard-won victories of the antidomestic violence movement, it has had less success in reaching one of its own primary goals: that of making intimate partner violence a problem of the community rather than a problem between two individuals. Most mainstream domestic violence service models have not prioritized ongoing engagement of survivors' Informal social support Networks as a core part of their work. Yet the perpetration of domestic violence occurs within a community context that contributes to the maintenance or alleviation of the problem. Given extensive research on the centrality of social Networks to the fabric of survivors' daily lives, as well as their ongoing safety and emotional well-being, it is critical to consider how domestic violence services and systems can align with these social Networks more effectively. Following a review of research on the role of Informal social support in survivors' lives, this article calls for a shift in mainstream domestic violence services toward a more Network-oriented approach, one that highlights potential partnerships between professionals and survivors' Informal social support Networks. Such a shift would require a reconceptualization of the role of the domestic violence practitioner and the scope and nature of services. It would also raise a series of emergent research questions about how Informal Network members can best support survivors, how domestic violence services can help survivors engage with existing and new supporters, and the extent to which specific types of Network-oriented practices can indeed improve survivors' safety and well-being. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)
Katya Fels Smyth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a call for a social Network oriented approach to services for survivors of intimate partner violence
Psychology of Violence, 2011Co-Authors: Lisa A Goodman, Katya Fels SmythAbstract:Despite the many hard-won victories of the antidomestic violence movement, it has had less success in reaching one of its own primary goals: that of making intimate partner violence a problem of the community rather than a problem between two individuals. Most mainstream domestic violence service models have not prioritized ongoing engagement of survivors' Informal social support Networks as a core part of their work. Yet the perpetration of domestic violence occurs within a community context that contributes to the maintenance or alleviation of the problem. Given extensive research on the centrality of social Networks to the fabric of survivors' daily lives, as well as their ongoing safety and emotional well-being, it is critical to consider how domestic violence services and systems can align with these social Networks more effectively. Following a review of research on the role of Informal social support in survivors' lives, this article calls for a shift in mainstream domestic violence services toward a more Network-oriented approach, one that highlights potential partnerships between professionals and survivors' Informal social support Networks. Such a shift would require a reconceptualization of the role of the domestic violence practitioner and the scope and nature of services. It would also raise a series of emergent research questions about how Informal Network members can best support survivors, how domestic violence services can help survivors engage with existing and new supporters, and the extent to which specific types of Network-oriented practices can indeed improve survivors' safety and well-being. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)
Masahiro Kami - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Informal Network of communication tools played an important role in sharing safety information on h1n1 influenza vaccine
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010Co-Authors: Haruka Nakada, Naoko Murashige, Tomoko Matsumura, Yuko Kodama, Masahiro KamiAbstract:when the MHLW’s prohibition against vaccinating people other than members of priority groups was unrealistic in clinics and hospitals. Under such pressures, clinicians and patients might have chosen to receive a shot instead of missing their chance and taking the risk of influenza A (H1N1) in addition to their underlying diseases. The MHLW made the vaccine that was dispatched on 29 January and thereafter available to all [10]. The circulation of vaccine available to all at the discretion of clinicians and vaccinees may partly explain the lack of deaths after March, together with the decreased number of vaccinees. The vaccine manufactured by Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline obtained regulatory approval on the basis of clinical trial data, but the vaccine made by Japanese manufacturers went through the routine process of strain change for the annual seasonal influenza vaccine, which did not require clinical data. The details of the approval process have not been revealed by the MHLW. The withdrawal of the MHLW’s interference in clinicians’ decisions regarding the administration of vaccines may save lives. We also recommend that a legal basis for a national vaccine program, including some type of regulatory approval process that can be implemented quickly in an emergency, be discussed in Japan. Acknowledgments
Maral Muratbekovatouron - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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management and organization review special issue social Networks the dark and bright sides of Informal Networks
Management and Organization Review, 2018Co-Authors: Sven Horak, Fida Afiouni, Yanjie Bian, Alena Ledeneva, Maral MuratbekovatouronAbstract:Research on the mechanisms of organizing and managing via interpersonal relations has a rich history in the management and organization-oriented literature. So far, however, the Informal dimension of managing and organizing by drawing on Informal Networks in an international context has received comparably less attention. Recent research has pointed out that social capital and Network theories have largely been developed by Western scholars based on circumstances and social structures that are typical of Western societies. Thus, current theory takes into account to a lesser extent their character and nature and the way in which Informal ties and Networks are formed in other parts of the world (Ledeneva, 2018; Li, 2007b; Qi, 2013; Sato, 2010). Besides the growing body of literature concerned with Informal ties and Networks in emerging and transitioning countries, for example guanxi (China), blat/svyazi (Russia), and wasta (Arab World), a trend for analyzing pervasive Informal Networks in advanced and industrialized economies, such as yongo (Korea), has arisen. While insights from the latter research stream indicate that Informal Networks persist, the results generated in both research streams will help in developing the extant Informal Network theories further.