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Modeling Organizational Integration Using Mixing Patterns

Abstract. The analysis of mixing patterns in a social (or organizational) network, yields the laws of how nodes in a network connect with each other. We hypothesize that organizational networks with compatible mixing patterns will be integrated more successfully. We design a simulation experiment of organizational integration and show how mixing patterns and network assortativity affect the outcomes. The proposed method might be usefull in organizational mergers and acquisitions.

organizational integration; social network analysis; mixing patterns; assortativity; organizational design; simulation

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