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[EN]: Network structures are being used to explain social interactions within and between organisations in many ways that have become very influential. Many of the sociological features of organisations are captured very effectively by network descriptions, but such descriptions also retain serious limitations. Some network theories, for example, are composed of fragmented and internally inconsistent theories, while others depend upon essentialist and reductionist models. Perhaps a more serious problem is that networks describe relationships rather than explain the mechanisms through which these relationships function. This paper introduces the notion of assemblages as a corrective to these problems. The concept offers a clear, though suitably complex, framework with which to clarify the dynamics and structures that afford engagement and enable collective action among diverse elements of organisations. Using brief examples from recent research in the innovation literature, supported by an empirical case study in the Spanish ceramics sector, this paper will illustrate how reconceptualising network relationships in terms of their assemblages enables a more robust and consistent theoretical grounding for network research.
[ES]: El concepto de redes sociales es muy influyente en la explicación de la interacción social en las organizaciones. Muchas de las características sociológicas de las organizaciones se explican también por las redes sociales, pero el concepto tiene limitaciones importantes. Algunas teorías de las redes están hechas de fragmentos de otras teorías, otras se basan en modelos que son esencialistas o reduccionistas. Otro problema es que las redes pueden describir las relaciones de los objetos, pero no los explican. En este artículo se describe el concepto de conjunto para resolver estos problemas. El concepto de “ensamblaje” ofrece una clara, aunque compleja, estructura para mostrar las dinámicas de las relaciones de los distintos elementos en las organizaciones. Basándose en ejemplos recientes en el área de la innovación y en el análisis de un caso práctico en el sector cerámico español, este artículo ilustra cómo el conceptualizar las relaciones entre diferentes redes en términos de su “ensamblaje” permite un marco teórico más robusto para la investigación de redes.
Artículo distribuido bajo una licencia de uso y distribución “Creative Commons Reconocimiento-No Comercial 3.0 España” (CC-by-nc).
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Innovación, Social Networks, Assemblages, Redes Sociales, Redes sociales, Innovation, Social networks, Ensamblaje
Innovación, Social Networks, Assemblages, Redes Sociales, Redes sociales, Innovation, Social networks, Ensamblaje
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