Dr S. (Stefano ) Tasselli

Stefano  Tasselli
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 2015

Stefano Tasselli received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the Innovation Management group. His previous professional experience includes consulting in McKinsey and Company. 

His research focus is on organizational social networks; social networks, leadership and innovation; and organizational theory. He is currently the Chair of the Social Network Society.

He received notable recognition for his research and teaching. He has been selected by Poets and Quants as one of the '40 World's Best Business Professors under 40' and by ASFOR as the 'Best Italian Business Professor under 40'. He has been included by Thinkers50 in the radar of the thirty more innovative business thinkers. He bas been Knighted by the President of Italy.

His work has been published, among the other outlets, in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management, Annual Review of Psychology, Social Networks and Research in the Sociology of Organizations. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Journal and of the Journal of Management Studies. He has disseminated his work to the business community through articles published, among the other venues, in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Medium Authority, Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera and La Stampa. 

Publications

  • Academic (19)
    • Grillo, F., Wiegmann, P. M., de Vries, H. J., Bekkers, R., Tasselli, S., Yousefi, A., & van de Kaa, G. (Accepted/In press). Standardization: Research Trends, Current Debates, and Interdisciplinarity. Academy of Management Annals.

    • Tonellato, M., Tasselli, S., Conaldi, G., Lerner, J., & Lomi, A. (2024). A Microstructural Approach to Self-Organizing: The Emergence of Attention Networks. Organization Science, 35(2), 496-524. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2023.1674

    • Sancino, A., & Tasselli, S. (2024). Public service management during the Covid-19 lockdown: a qualitative study. Public Management Review, 26(11), 3227-3245. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2318336

    • Ertug, G., Brennecke, J., & Tasselli, S. (2023). THEORIZING ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLEXITY: AN INTEGRATIVE TYPOLOGY. Academy of Management Annals, 17(2), 626-654. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2021.0193

    • Tasselli, S., Neray, B., & Lomi, A. (2023). A network centrality bias: Central individuals in workplace networks have more supportive coworkers. Social Networks, 73, 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2022.12.002

    • Tasselli, S., & Sancino, A. (2023). Leaders' Networking Behaviours in a Time of Crisis: A Qualitative Study on the Frontline against COVID-19. Journal of Management Studies, 60(1), 120-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12884

    • Brands, R., Ertug, G., Fonti, F., & Tasselli, S. (2022). THEORIZING GENDER IN SOCIAL NETWORK RESEARCH: WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY. Academy of Management Annals, 16(2), 588-620. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2020.0370

    • Tasselli, S., & Kilduff, M. (2021). Network agency. The Academy of Management Annals, 15(1), 68-110. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0037

    • Tasselli, S., Zappa, P., & Lomi, A. (2020). Bridging cultural holes in organizations: The dynamic structure of social networks and organizational vocabularies within and across subunits. Organization Science, 31(5), 1292-1312. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1352

    • Moreira, S., Klueter, T. M., & Tasselli, S. (2020). Competition, technology licensing-in, and innovation. Organization Science, 31(4), 1012-1036. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1337

    • Tasselli, S. (2019). Love and Organization Studies: Moving beyond the Perspective of Avoidance. Organization Studies, 40(7), 1073-1088. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840617747924

    • Zhou, J., Wang, X. M., Bavato, D., Tasselli, S., & Wu, J. (2019). Understanding the Receiving Side of Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Review and Implications for Management Research. Journal of Management, 45(6), 2570-2595. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206319827088

    • Tasselli, S., & Caimo, A. (2019). Does It Take Three to Play Tango? Organizational Design, Triadic Structures and Boundary Spanning across Subunits. Social Networks (print), 59, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2019.04.002

    • Compagni, A., Armeni, P., & Tasselli, S. (2019). When peers count: The effects on integrated type II diabetes care of communication within general practitioner-only subgroups in interprofessional primary care teams. Health Care Management Review, 44(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000158

    • Tasselli, S. (2018). At the end of an era: A model and three tales of memory, perception and reality. Academy of Management Review, 44(3), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0008

    • Tasselli, S., & Kilduff, M. (2018). When brokerage between friendship cliques endangers trust: A personality-network fit perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 61(3), 802-825. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.0856

    • Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M., & Landis, B. (2018). Personality change: Implications for organizational behavior. The Academy of Management Annals, 12(2), 467-493. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2016.0008

    • Longo, F., Salvatore, D., Tasselli, S., & Petracca, F. (2017). Organizational correlates of continuity of care: A pendulum swing between differentiation and integration. International Journal of Care Coordination, 20(3), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053434517733393

    • Tasselli, S. (2015). Social Networks and Inter-professional Knowledge Transfer: The Case of Healthcare Professionals. Organization Studies, 36(7), 841-872. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614556917

  • Professional (5)
  • Academic (2)
    • Zappa, P., Tonellato, M., & Tasselli, S. (2023). Multiple identities and multiple relationships: An exploratory study of freelancers' knowledge-seeking behavior. In Understanding Workplace Relationships: An Examination of the Antecedents and Outcomes (pp. 225-260). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16640-2_8

    • Lomi, A., Tasselli, S., & Zappa, P. (2017). The network structure of organizational vocabularies. In P. Groenewegen e.a. (Ed.), Structure, Coontent and Meaning of Organizational Networks (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 53 (pp. 65-85). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000053010

  • Academic (1)
    • Tasselli, S., & Borgonovi, E. (2013). Knowledge Transfer and Social Networks in Health Care. In Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (Vol. 2013) https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2013.54

  • Academic (1)
    • Zhang, Q., & Tasselli, S. (2021). OCCUPYING BROKERAGE POSITION THAT ENDANGERS PERFORMANCE? THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERPRETIVE AGENCY. Paper presented at 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021: Bringing the Manager Back in Management, AoM 2021, Virtual, Online. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.199

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  • Popular (1)
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Making sense of sensitivity in the workplace: Coping with contextual information in innovation and social networks
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Qi Zhang
  • Time frame: 2017 - 2023
With New Eyes: The Recognition of Novelty and Novel Ideas
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Davide Bavato
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2020
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Netherlands