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Overview

David Krackhardt is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and topics, with a focus on the intersection of network analysis and social sciences.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, particularly within the subfield of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Their work also covers areas in Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Strategy and Management, and General Health Professions.

Krackhardt's main research topics include:

  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Their publication record includes papers in various academic venues. Frequent venues of publication are:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings (11 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (2 publications)
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Management

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Do your friends stress you out? A field study of the spread of stress through a community network." (2023) - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "On the friendship paradox and inversity: A network property with applications to privacy-sensitive network interventions" (2024) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Why We All Should Be Bayesians: An Introduction to Bayesian Studies" (2020) - Academy of Management Proceedings
  • "Interventions with Inversity in Unknown Networks Can Help Regulate Contagion" (2021) - arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Cognition and Beyond: Reviving Individual Persons in Network Reality" (2020) - Academy of Management Proceedings

David Krackhardt has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Shihan Li, Nynke M. D. Niezink, Andreas Schwab, and William H. Starbuck.

In addition to journal papers and conference proceedings, Krackhardt has contributed to book publications. One such book is titled Networks in the Public Sector, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Redundant governance structures: an analysis of structural and relational embeddedness in the steel and semiconductor industries

    Tim Rowley;Dean Behrens;David Krackhardt

  • Assessing the political landscape: Structure, cognition, and power in organizations.

    David Krackhardt

  • Informal Networks and Organizational Crises: An Experimental Simulation

    David Krackhardt;Robert N. Stern

  • The Strength of Strong Ties : The Importance of Philos in Organizations

    David Krackhardt

  • Cognitive social structures

    David Krackhardt

  • Informal networks: the company behind the chart

    David Krackhardt;Jeffrey R. Hanson

  • PREDICTING WITH NETWORKS: NONPARAMETRIC MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF DYADIC DATA *

    David Krackhardt

  • Bringing the Individual Back in: A Structural Analysis of the Internal Market for Reputation in Organizations

    Martin Kilduff;David Krackhardt

  • On the robustness of centrality measures under conditions of imperfect data

    Stephen P. Borgatti;Kathleen M. Carley;David Krackhardt

  • Sensitivity of MRQAP Tests to Collinearity and Autocorrelation Conditions

    David Dekker;David Krackhardt;Tom A. B. Snijders

  • Activating Cross-Boundary Knowledge: The Role of Simmelian Ties in the Generation of Innovations

    Marco Tortoriello;David Krackhardt

  • The snowball effect: Turnover embedded in communication networks.

    David Krackhardt;Lyman W. Porter

  • Graph theoretical dimensions of informal organizations

    David Krackhardt

  • Choosing Work Group Members: Balancing Similarity, Competence, and Familiarity

    Pamela J Hinds;Kathleen M Carley;David Krackhardt;Doug Wholey

  • Turnover Overstated: The Functional Taxonomy

    Dan R. Dalton;William D. Todor;David M. Krackhardt

  • When friends leave: A structural analysis of the relationship between turnover and stayers' attitudes.

    David Krackhardt;Lyman W. Porter

  • Functional Turnover: An Empirical Assessment.

    Dan R Dalton;David M Krackhardt;Lyman W Porter

  • Friendship Patterns and Culture: The Control of Organizational Diversity

    David Krackhardt;Martin Kilduff

  • Whether close or far: Social distance effects on perceived balance in friendship networks

    David Krackhardt;Martin Kilduff

  • WANTED: A Good Network Theory of Organization@@@Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition.

    David Krackhardt;Ronald S. Burt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Carley
Kathleen M. Carley Carnegie Mellon University
Patrick Doreian
Patrick Doreian University of Pittsburgh
Ramayya Krishnan
Ramayya Krishnan Carnegie Mellon University
Tom A. B. Snijders
Tom A. B. Snijders University of Groningen
Judith R. Lave
Judith R. Lave University of Pittsburgh
Lyman W. Porter
Lyman W. Porter University of California, Irvine
Ronald S. Burt
Ronald S. Burt University of Chicago
Eduardo Salas
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Pamela J. Hinds
Pamela J. Hinds Stanford University
Laurie R. Weingart
Laurie R. Weingart Carnegie Mellon University

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