Innovation mentor community of practice: a social network analysis perspective

dc.authoridAydin, Mehmet/0000-0002-3995-6566
dc.authorwosidAydin, Mehmet/ABI-4816-2020
dc.contributor.authorAydın, Mehmet Nafiz
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Mehmet Nafiz
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:11:44Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:11:44Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.department-temp[Altinisik, Gunda Esra; Aydin, Mehmet Nafiz] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Management Informat Syst, Istanbul, Turkiyeen_US
dc.description.abstractPurposeTo exploit collaboration-driven innovation, in recent years, many government-sponsored innovation programs and mentor services have emerged. These services support an effective exchange of knowledge among innovation actors, including innovation mentors and enable mentor connectedness as an important factor to develop and sustain effective innovation mentors' community of practice (CoP). The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree of connectedness in an innovation mentor CoP. Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the innovation mentors CoP as part of a national innovation program is considered a network. The connectedness and assortative mixing of this CoP and the effects of these two on each other were examined by using social network measures, including component analysis, the giant component (GC) and assortativity. FindingsThe authors provide the analytical interconnectedness results for both the GC and the whole network with network analysis and assortativity measurements of three attributes of mentors (institution, title and degrees). The degree of correlation of community for the GC shows preferential attachment between high-ranking and low-ranking mentors, while preferential attachment was not observed for the whole network. The correlation coefficient for the institution attribute has the highest value for GC, while the title has the highest value for the whole network. Originality/valueThe study is one of the early attempts to apply social network analysis for an innovation mentor CoP. This study reveals the criticality of evaluating the GC and the whole network separately and provides a number of research and practical directions that will contribute to the development of the innovation mentor CoP.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJIS-09-2022-0179en_US
dc.identifier.issn1757-2223
dc.identifier.issn1757-2231
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85161618430en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-09-2022-0179
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5197
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001000478500001en_US
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dc.khas20231019-WoSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Innovation Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectSocial network analysisen_US
dc.subjectCommunity of practiceen_US
dc.subjectInnovation mentorsen_US
dc.titleInnovation mentor community of practice: a social network analysis perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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