Exploring the Mechanisms through which Strong Ties Impact upon the Development of Ideas in SME Contexts
研究了强关系通过认可验证、认知发展和鼓励建设性异议三种机制，在中小企业中促进创意发展的过程，对理解社会网络如何影响创新有参考价值。
Present theories highlight the varied roles played by weak and strong ties in idea generation, and development, respectively, but the mechanisms through which ties operate to influence the creative process remain uncertain. Investigating this issue across a range of SMEs, this paper demonstrates that strong ties influence idea development through three mechanisms; endorsement and validation, developing cognizance, and encouraging constructive dissent. These mechanisms positively impact idea development by creating organizational spaces that are primed to critically receive ideas, energize knowledge sharing by better transacting resources across network connections, and drive divergent thinking by disordering, but not fracturing, social spaces.