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Rob Cross

Babson College
Verified email at babson.edu
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[BOOK][B] The hidden power of social networks: Understanding how work really gets done in organizations

RL Cross, A Parker - 2004 - books.google.com
Rob Cross and Andrew Parker argue that's because most … In this eye-opening book, Cross
and Parker show managers … organizations around the world, Cross and Parker show how …

The strength of weak ties you can trust: The mediating role of trust in effective knowledge transfer

DZ Levin, R Cross - Management science, 2004 - pubsonline.informs.org
Research has demonstrated that relationships are critical to knowledge creation and transfer,
yet findings have been mixed regarding the importance of relational and structural …

Tie and network correlates of individual performance in knowledge-intensive work

R Cross, JN Cummings - Academy of management journal, 2004 - journals.aom.org
We argue that individual performance in knowledge-intensive work is associated with properties
of both networks and ties. Relationships crossing organizational boundaries, physical …

Making invisible work visible: Using social network analysis to support strategic collaboration

R Cross, SP Borgatti, A Parker - California management …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past decade, significant restructuring efforts have resulted in organizations with fewer
hierarchical levels and more permeable internal and external boundaries. A byproduct of …

A relational view of information seeking and learning in social networks

SP Borgatti, R Cross - Management science, 2003 - pubsonline.informs.org
Research in organizational learning has demonstrated processes and occasionally
performance implications of acquisition of declarative (know-what) and procedural (know-how) …

Technology is not enough: Improving performance by building organizational memory

R Cross, L Baird - MIT Sloan Management Review, 2000 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Knowledge management promises to improve business performance by using
technology to capture and share the lessons of experience. Truly improving business …

Nurturing interpersonal trust in knowledge-sharing networks

LC Abrams, R Cross, E Lesser… - Academy of Management …, 2003 - journals.aom.org
Executive Overview In many organizations, informal networks are the primary means by which
employees find information, solve complex problems, and learn how to do their work. Two …

The people who make organizations go–or stop

R Cross, L Prusak - Networks in the Knowledge Economy, 2002 - books.google.com
It is, of course, highly appropriate that the study of personnel and human resources management
in fact focuses on individuals in organizations; and, it is to the credit of my industrial/…

Managing collaboration: Improving team effectiveness through a network perspective

R Cross, K Ehrlich, R Dawson… - California management …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Against the backdrop of this new work environment, a core problem is emerging in that advice
on team effectiveness comes from an era where people could commit substantial time and …

[HTML][HTML] What creates energy in organizations?

R Cross, W Baker, A Parker - MIT Sloan Management Review, 2003 - sloanreview.mit.edu
Spend some time in most any organization and you are sure to hear people talk about the
level of energy associated with different people or projects. In some instances, an initiative …