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Gaggioli, Andrea; Mazzoni, Elvis; Benvenuti, Martina; Galimberti, Carlo; Bova, Antonio; Brivio, Eleonora; Cipresso, Pietro; Riva, Giuseppe; Chirico, Alice – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
The recent model of Networked flow (NF) mapped out factors underlying optimal creative collaboration in blended spaces (physical and digital). NF conceives creativity as an evolving network bridging material and symbolic resources of the creative collaboration process at both inter and the intra-group levels. First, this model posits that optimal…
Descriptors: Creativity, Group Dynamics, Networks, Social Networks
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Dorner, Lisa M.; Spillane, James P.; Pustejovsky, James – Journal of Educational Change, 2011
Guided by theories of institutions, organizations, and sense-making, this manuscript examines how public, charter, and Catholic school staff in a large urban area organize for instruction and respond to educational change. To build theory about institutional processes of "organizing" from participants' perspectives, data included a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Catholic Schools, Federal Legislation, Figurative Language
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Demange, Gabrielle – Journal of Political Economy, 2004
A hierarchical structure is a widespread organizational form in many areas. My aim in this paper is to provide a rationale for this fact based on two premises. First, a group organizes itself so as to achieve efficient coordination. Second, efficient coordination is achieved only if subgroups as well as individuals agree to cooperate. Even in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Group Dynamics, Decision Making, Efficiency
Livingston, David – School Administrator, 2007
What do leaders mean when they talk about networks and whether leadership networks have the power to transform the profession? When it comes to educational leadership networks, there certainly are more than seven important questions. This article focuses on seven key questions about networking in the superintendent ranks by the coordinator of one…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Cost Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Questioning Techniques