Intra-Organizational Network Conference (ION 5)

Hosted by:

LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis

University of Kentucky

April 13-15, 2012

The mission of the LINKS Center is to promote a social network perspective on the study and management of organizations. The ION conference brings together top scholars to present the latest research on social networks and management. On April 13-15, 2012, in Lexington, KY, the LINKS center will host the ION Conference for the 5^th time.

Confirmed speakers for ION 5 include:

Stephen P. Borgatti - Chellgren Chair of Management, University of Kentucky
Daniel J. Brass - Professor of Innovation Management, University of Kentucky
Ronald Burt - Professor of Sociology and Strategy, University of Chicago
Martin Kilduff – Diageo Professor of Management Studies, Cambridge University
David Krackhardt - Professor of Organizations, Carnegie Mellon University

Open Submissions

The ION conference has been kept, in previous years, purposefully small to enable intense engagement and discussion. This year, we would like to invite up to five exceptional papers that focus on phenomena of relevance to the study of social networks in an organizational context. Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to present their work to noted scholars in the field and receive quality feedback.

Please submit a full paper for consideration to Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca by November 1, 2011. The authors of approximately 5 selected papers will be notified by November 15, 2011. There is no attendance or meal fee, but participants are expected to cover their own transportation and lodging expenses.

ION 5 conference organizers:

Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca

Ajay Mehra

Theresa Floyd

Brandon Ofem

For more information, please refer to ION Conference website at:

https://sites.google.com/site/ion5conference/

LINKS Center website:

http://www.linkscenter.org/