Jackie successfully defended her dissertation titled “Teams and Organizing in the Digital Age: How Team Networks Form and Why They Perform”. Her research explores the relationship between how teams form and what they need to perform, highlighting a paradox between what teams do and what they ought to do. … Read the rest
Despite a resurgence of research on negative ties in social networks, a comprehensive understanding of negative and positive has yet to be provided. Incorporating evidence from prior 163 independent samples we examine whether the initiation of positive and negative relationships (i.e., out-degree) or the reception of positive and negative relationships (i.e., in-degree) is more impactful to the focal employee’s effectiveness.… Read the rest
Koustav Rudra joins SONIC as a post-doctoral researcher, following completion of his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He will contribute his text analytic skills to various projects at SONIC.… Read the rest
On April 25th 2018, Noshir Contractor participated in ceremonies to induct IIT Madras’ Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence as the first member of the Web Science Trust Network (WSTNet) of laboratories from India. https://rbc-dsai.iitm.ac.in/events/2018/04/25/Launch-Webscience-trust-network.html
Noshir Contractor received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where he received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering in 1983. He received the award during IITM’s 59th Institute Day ceremonies held on April 26th, 2018. http://alumni.iitm.ac.in/daa/list.php?yr=2018
Are we really going to Mars? The astronautical community certainly believes the answer is “yes.” Scientists all over the world are solving puzzles related to rocket reusability, human resistance to radiation exposure, and terraforming Mars to warm it up and give it a breathable atmosphere.… Read the rest
SONIC members present various projects throughout SIOP 2018:
| April 19th, Thursday |
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm, Room Chicago 7 – Panel Symposium Life in the Network: From People Analytics to Relational Analytics Prasad Balkundi, Ron Burt, Noshir Contractor, Paul Leonardi, Tracey Rizzuto, Jacqueline Ng |
| April 20, Friday |
| 5:00 – 5:50 pm, Room Chicago 10, Session M – Symposium Symposium: Qualitative Perspectives on 21st Century Teams “A Qualitative Examination of Informal Leadership Emergence in Space Teams” Lindsay Larson & Leslie DeChurch 7:45 – 10:00 pm, Grand Ballroom SIOP Shaken & Stirred: “What’s the Big Idea?” A Special Evening Event for the I/O Psychology Community Leslie DeChurch |
| April 21, Saturday |
| 10:00 -10:50 am, Riverwalk A – Poster Session “The Language of Leaders: Semantic Indicators of Informal Leader Emergence” Zachary M. |
Noshir Contractor presented on “Leveraging Computational Social Science to Address Grand Societal Challenges” on April 16, 2018.
The increased access to big data about social phenomena in general, and network data in particular, has been a windfall for social scientists. But these exciting opportunities must be accompanied with careful reflection on how big data can motivate new theories and methods.… Read the rest
Jeremy Foote attended iConference on March 27, 2018 in Sheffield, UK where he presented work on characterizing founders of online peer production communities, coauthored with Noshir Contractor.
Foote, J., Contractor, N. The Behavior and Network Position of Peer Production Founders.… Read the rest
