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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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10898: Is Network Advantage (Still) Not the Same for Everyone?

Friday, July 25, 2025
10:00 - 12:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B3-m5
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research,Diversity
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Early research on intra-organizational networks demonstrated systematic differences in how individuals build networks and how they succeeded in networks. Most notably, women and minorities appear to both build networks differently and obtain different returns to their networks as compared to men and members of non-minority groups. Over the past decade, however, there has been significant movement for building more inclusive and equal workplaces. Despite these efforts, we don’t know whether this movement has actually led to a systemic change that may have made access to networks and networking advantage more equal. Specifically, are men and women now more similarly rewarded for the same networks and networking activities as compared to the previous decades? Do nowadays men and women build more similar or more different networks? Are minority individuals less likely to build and benefit differently from their networks relative to those in the majority positions? What constructs (e.g. access to power or resources in organizations) might amplify or diminish these differences? And if these differences still remain in the second decade of the 21st century, what can organizations do to counter them and create a more inclusive workplace? Senior scholars in this PDW have extensively studied individual differences in networks and networking. They will share their insights with scholars who are starting new projects in this domain. Senior scholars will present their work using recent datasets, discuss future directions of research on individual differences in networks and networking and provide symposium participants with feedback on current research projects.