WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING? THE …

WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING ? THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE Prepared for the May 2001 Workshop of the Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution, SSRC Emilio J. Castilla Department of Sociology Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-2047 E-mail: Please do not cite, copy, or distribute without permission of the author. 2 Abstract In my dissertation, I analyze the role of social networks on worker s post-hire outcomes in a large retail bank in the United States. More specifically, I am exploring the precise theoretical mechanisms by which a common organization practice the hiring of new workers via employee referrals shapes employees productivity. I argue that social networks not only play an important role in the hiring of employees but also have important effects on post-hire job outcomes which have not been satisfactorily examined. Thus, I seek to deepen our understanding of social ties as a social process that might make employee referrals perform better at work than non-referral hires, other things being equal.

2 Abstract In my dissertation, I analyze the role of social networks on worker’s post-hire outcomes in a large retail bank in the United States.

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