Empirical Seminar "social network analysis"

Current information:
The kick-off is on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 6:30pm. The statistics workshop will be offered on December 04, 2023 and December 05, 2023. The final event will be held on January 30, 2024. The participants of the seminar will be informed about the further details.

The number of participants is limited. If you are interested in a place in the seminar, please complete the application form provided below by August 28, 2023. Please apply using the form only. Registration in the StudIP course is not sufficient. You will receive feedback on the status of your application by August 25, 2023.

Online Application Form

Seminar dates:

• Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm: Kick-off
• Monday, December 4, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: SPSS Workshop I / Submission of the first part of the seminar paper
• Tuesday, December 5, 2023 from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: SPSS Workshop II
• Friday, January 26, 2024 by 12:00 p.m.: Submission of the seminar paper
• Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Closing session

"No man is an island." Organizational actors - be they employees, departments, or entire organizations - are also embedded in a web of social relationships. Social network theory is concerned with analyzing this web of social relationships and its positive (as well as negative) effects, for example, on knowledge acquisition, innovation generation, internationalization, and the success of network actors.

The seminar is aimed at master's students with an interest in research-oriented teaching: In small groups, you will work on a scientific question from the field of social network theory (e.g., the influence of trust on knowledge transfer between partner companies). You will develop hypotheses and test them empirically. You will present your results in the form of a scientific conference presentation, which you will then prepare as a scientific journal paper.
You will receive intensive support throughout the entire editing process, including the provision of data, an SPSS course, and a special SPSS consultation hour.

6 credit punkts will be awarded. The following must be completed to earn them:

• Participation in all dates of the seminar
• Preparation and joint participation in the supervision dates of the group (Exact dates will be agreed in consultation with the group)
• Preparation of the seminar paper in groups of two (12 - 15 pages +/- 10%)
• Presentation of the topic of the seminar paper and interactive seminar design (about 20 minutes)