David Knoke
Professor
Ph.D. 1972 University of Michigan
Room 939 Social Sciences
tel.: 612-624-6816
email: knoke001@umn.edu
Interest Areas
Organizations and Work; Social Networks; Economic Sociology; Methods and Statistics.
Current Research
“The Effect of Social Networks and Team Climate on Team Innovation and Client Outcomes in Health Care Teams.” Co-PI with Doug Wholey, School of Public Health; fund by National Science Foundation’s Sociology and Innovation & Organizational Change Programs. We will collect and analyze three waves of network, climate, and performance data on 26 Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams providing multiple services to severely mentally ill clients across Minnesota.
Recent Publications
Social Network Analysis, 2nd ed., with Song Yang. Forthcoming. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
"Playing Well Together: Creating Corporate Social Capital in Strategic Alliance Networks." Forthcoming. American Behavioral Scientist.
"Political Perspectives on Interorganizational Networks," with Xinxiang Chen. Forthcoming. The Oxford Handbook of Interorganizational Relations, Steve Cropper, Mark Ebrs, Chris Huxham and Peter Ring Smith, eds. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
"Beyond Profit? Sectoral Differences in High-Performance Work Practices," with Arne L. Kalleberg, Peter V. Marsden and Jeremy Reynolds. 2006. Work and Occupations, 33:1-32.
"Incentives," with LuAnne R. Johnson and "Collective Action." 2006. Pp. 338-340 and 72-76 in The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, Jens Becker and Milan Zafirovski, eds. London: Routledge.
"Strategic Alliances and Models of Collaboration," with Emanuela Todeva. 2005. Management Decision, 43: 123-148.
"Organized Interest Groups and Policy Networks," with Francisco J. Granados. 2005. Pp. 287-309 in Handbook of Political Sociology, Thomas Janoski, Robert Alford, Alexander M. Hicks, and Mildred A. Schwartz, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.
"Activating Network Social Capital in Complex Collaborations," with LuAnne R. Johnson. 2004. Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams, 10: 243-262.
"Fattenin’ Frogs for Snakes? Company Investments in Jobs Skills Training," with Song Yang. 2004. Research in the Sociology of Work, 12: 3-30.