kth.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Exploring the role of homophily in innovation jam: A case study
University of Bologna, Dept. Management.
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Machine Design (Dept.), Integrated Product Development.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6024-7908
D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Dept. Economics.
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Machine Design (Dept.), Integrated Product Development.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9746-4498
2016 (English)In: Proceedings of the 17th Continuous Innovation Network Conference, Torino, 2016Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this paper social networks analysis techniques and regression model are used to conduct an exploratory analysis on how homophily influences ideation activity in an organizational ideation jam. A business unit within a Sweden-based global company has been selected in order to investigate our research question. Our findings document that self-organized ideation networks exhibit a tendency towards collaborative homophily, expressed in terms of similarity in participants’ attributes. Specifically, we found that most active people in posting ideas are also the most active in commenting on the ideas contributed by others. In addition, our results highlight that gender and belonging to the same organizational unit have an impact on the activity to post ideas and comments during the jam. Our results provide valuable input for innovation theory and for the management of ideation jams within organizations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016.
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Industrial Economics and Management
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-250576OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-250576DiVA, id: diva2:1308126
Conference
17th Continuous Innovation Network Conference, Torino, 11-13 September 2016
Note

QC 20190624

Available from: 2019-04-30 Created: 2019-04-30 Last updated: 2024-03-18Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Conference webpage

Authority records

Magnusson, MatsBjörk, Jennie

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Magnusson, MatsBjörk, Jennie
By organisation
Integrated Product Development
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 40 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf