TITLE:
The Ties of Meeting Leaders: A Social Network Analysis
AUTHORS:
Nils Christian Sauer, Simone Kauffeld
KEYWORDS:
Meeting Leadership, Social Network Analysis, Meeting Roles, Key Players in Meetings
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.6 No.4,
March
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: This study extends meeting research by applying social network analysis to
meeting leaders’ behavior in actual, videotaped meetings (N = 46) and examining
the position of meeting leaders in the meeting network. Analyses reveal that meeting
leaders are key players in meetings taking on the roles of central actor, broker,
and elicitor. The role of central actor is linked to the number of planned actions
during the meeting whereas the role of elicitor is associated with participants’
satisfaction with the meeting leader and team productivity after the meeting. Our
study highlights the different roles meeting leaders need to juggle to run meetings
effectively.