Integrating personality and social networks: A meta-analysis of personality, network position, and work outcomes in organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1243-1260

  Fang, Ruolian ^a   Landis, Blaine ^b   Zhang, Zhen ^c   Anderson, Marc H ^d   Shaw, Jason D ^e   Kilduff, Martin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Big Five personality traits; Brokerage; Indegree centrality; Meta analysis; Network position; Personality; Self monitoring; Social networks; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980350826     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.0972     Document Type: Article

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