TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract In small group settings, is it the position in social networks or the content of communication that constitutes a leader? Studies focussing on the content suggest that leadership consists in creating and promoting meanings, whereas studies focussing on the connections stress that it is the network position that ‘makes a leader’. These two dimensions of leadership communication style have not been compared yet. To fill this gap, this chapter applies an emerging approach – socio-semantic network analysis – to jointly consider the content of, and the connections, in leaders' communication. Using a multisource dataset, we empirically study the social network positions (social network analysis) and the content of communication (semantic network analysis) of three leaders in a creative collective. Our findings reveal that different styles of leadership make diverse use of the content and the connections in a small group. The academic and practical implications are outlined.
VL  - 42
SN  - 978-1-80043-236-9, 978-1-80043-237-6/0742-3322
DO  - 10.1108/S0742-332220200000042004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-332220200000042004
AU  - Basov Nikita
AU  - Antonyuk Artem
AU  - Hellsten Iina
ED  - Gino Cattani
ED  - Simone Ferriani
ED  - Frédéric Godart
ED  - Stoyan V. Sgourev
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Content or Connections? Socio-Semantic Analysis of Leaders' Communication Styles in a Creative Collective
T2  - Aesthetics and Style in Strategy
T3  - Advances in Strategic Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 101
EP  - 118
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -