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Stefano Tasselli is an Associate Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is the Academic Director of the Master in Innovation Management, which is ranked by the prominent learning platform "Innovation Management.se" as the first in the world on the subject. He is a member of the Social Networks Research Center at the University of Exeter Business School. He holds a PhD from the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge. His educational background also includes a Diploma with full grades and honorable mention in Classics, a bachelor degree cum laude in Economics and Management and a Master of Science cum laude in Management from Bocconi University, and a Master of Philosophy with distinction in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He has specialized his education with an executive program at the Harvard Business School. His previous professional experience includes consulting in McKinsey and Company. His previous academic experience includes research and teaching activities at the University of Cambridge, Bocconi University and the Swiss National Found/ Universita' della Svizzera italiana. He is a member and coordinates activities for the Scientific Committee of the Italian General Embassy in the Netherlands. Among the empirical settings of particular interest for his research, the health care industry, sectors of public interest, and incubators/ accelerators for new entrepreneurial opportunities.
His research and teaching focus is on the interplay between psychological and relational antecedents of organizational functioning, including the analysis of the micro-foundations of organizational social networks; social networks, leadership and innovation; and organizational theory. He has developed classes on 'Social Networks and Leadership' in the full-time MBA. He is currently coordinating and teaching post-graduate, doctoral and executive course and modules on Social Networks for Innovation and Leadership, and on the Organizational Theory and Innovation.' He has taught a module in the successful RSM MOOC on Innovation Management in Coursera.
Dr Tasselli has been invited for more than fifty research seminars and presentations, and has received distinguished recognitions from academic conferences and research institutions. These recognitions include the Best Paper Award at the HCM division of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2013, in Orlando, FL), the Outstanding PhD Award from the Judge Business School (2011), the Best Paper Award at the CORE doctoral Conference in Cambridge (2013), two consecutive Best Paper Awards at the conference of the Italian Association for Management in health care (AIES, 2013 in Trento and 2014 in Venice), the Innovative Teaching Award at RSM (2016), the EUR Education Prize (2020), the ABCD Award of the OMT division of the Academy of Management (2017, in Atlanta, GA), the nomination for the Carolyn Dexter Award of the Academy of Management (2019) and the victory of the Global Best Paper Award at the HCM division of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2019, in Boston, MA). He has received the honor of Life Membership from both Wolfson College and Girton College of the University of Cambridge. In 2017, he was selected by Wolfson College as the Alumnus of the month. In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, he has been recognized as a high performing member of the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). In 2019, he has been awarded with the ERIM 'Best Researcher Award' among those who have completed their PhD less than five years ago. In 2018, he has been awarded by Poets and Quants as one of the '40 World's Best Business Professors under 40'. In 2018, he has selected as the 'Best Italian Business Professor under 40' by ASFOR. In 2020, he has been appointed by the President of Italy 'Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy' for his scientific and professional contribution. He has been named by RSM News as 'one of the best business professors in the world.'
His work has been published, among the other outlets, in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Annals, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management, Annual Review of Psychology, Social Networks and Research in the Sociology of Organizations. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Journal and of the Journal of Management Studies. He has disseminated his work to the business community through articles published, among the other venues, in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Medium Authority, Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera and La Stampa.
Publications
Article (24)
Academic (19)
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Grillo, F., Wiegmann, P. M., de Vries, H. J., Bekkers, R., Tasselli, S., Yousefi, A., & van de Kaa, G. (Accepted/In press). Standardization: Research Trends, Current Debates, and Interdisciplinarity. Academy of Management Annals.
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Tonellato, M., Tasselli, S., Conaldi, G., Lerner, J., & Lomi, A. (2024). A Microstructural Approach to Self-Organizing: The Emergence of Attention Networks. Organization Science, 35(2), 496-524. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2023.1674
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Sancino, A., & Tasselli, S. (2024). Public service management during the Covid-19 lockdown: a qualitative study. Public Management Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2318336
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Ertug, G., Brennecke, J., & Tasselli, S. (2023). THEORIZING ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLEXITY: AN INTEGRATIVE TYPOLOGY. Academy of Management Annals, 17(2), 626-654. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2021.0193
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Tasselli, S., Neray, B., & Lomi, A. (2023). A network centrality bias: Central individuals in workplace networks have more supportive coworkers. Social Networks, 73, 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2022.12.002
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Tasselli, S., & Sancino, A. (2023). Leaders' Networking Behaviours in a Time of Crisis: A Qualitative Study on the Frontline against COVID-19. Journal of Management Studies, 60(1), 120-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12884
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Brands, R., Ertug, G., Fonti, F., & Tasselli, S. (2022). THEORIZING GENDER IN SOCIAL NETWORK RESEARCH: WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY. Academy of Management Annals, 16(2), 588-620. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2020.0370
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Tasselli, S., & Kilduff, M. (2021). Network agency. The Academy of Management Annals, 15(1), 68-110. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0037
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Tasselli, S., Zappa, P., & Lomi, A. (2020). Bridging cultural holes in organizations: The dynamic structure of social networks and organizational vocabularies within and across subunits. Organization Science, 31(5), 1292-1312. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1352
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Moreira, S., Klueter, T. M., & Tasselli, S. (2020). Competition, technology licensing-in, and innovation. Organization Science, 31(4), 1012-1036. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1337
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Tasselli, S. (2019). Love and Organization Studies: Moving beyond the Perspective of Avoidance. Organization Studies, 40(7), 1073-1088. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840617747924
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Zhou, J., Wang, X. M., Bavato, D., Tasselli, S., & Wu, J. (2019). Understanding the Receiving Side of Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Review and Implications for Management Research. Journal of Management, 45(6), 2570-2595. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206319827088
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Tasselli, S., & Caimo, A. (2019). Does It Take Three to Play Tango? Organizational Design, Triadic Structures and Boundary Spanning across Subunits. Social Networks (print), 59, 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2019.04.002
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Compagni, A., Armeni, P., & Tasselli, S. (2019). When peers count: The effects on integrated type II diabetes care of communication within general practitioner-only subgroups in interprofessional primary care teams. Health Care Management Review, 44(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000158
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Tasselli, S. (2018). At the end of an era: A model and three tales of memory, perception and reality. Academy of Management Review, 44(3), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0008
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Tasselli, S., & Kilduff, M. (2018). When brokerage between friendship cliques endangers trust: A personality-network fit perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 61(3), 802-825. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.0856
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Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M., & Landis, B. (2018). Personality change: Implications for organizational behavior. The Academy of Management Annals, 12(2), 467-493. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2016.0008
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Longo, F., Salvatore, D., Tasselli, S., & Petracca, F. (2017). Organizational correlates of continuity of care: A pendulum swing between differentiation and integration. International Journal of Care Coordination, 20(3), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053434517733393
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Tasselli, S. (2015). Social Networks and Inter-professional Knowledge Transfer: The Case of Healthcare Professionals. Organization Studies, 36(7), 841-872. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614556917
Professional (5)
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Tasselli, S. (2019). The Biggest Motivator At Work? Love. Forbes. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/119400
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Tasselli, S., & Kilduff, M. (2018). Why trust in the workplace matters and how to cultivate it. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 33(1), 11-13. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/108779
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Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M., & Landis, B. (2018). Becoming More Conscientious. Harvard Business Review, March. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/114588
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Tasselli, S. (2018). The power of love in organisations. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/114598
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Tasselli, S. (2018). Oiling The Corporate Wheels -- Are You An Effective Friendship Broker? Forbes. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/119475
Chapter (2)
Academic (2)
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Zappa, P., Tonellato, M., & Tasselli, S. (2023). Multiple identities and multiple relationships: An exploratory study of freelancers' knowledge-seeking behavior. In Understanding Workplace Relationships: An Examination of the Antecedents and Outcomes (pp. 225-260). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16640-2_8
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Lomi, A., Tasselli, S., & Zappa, P. (2017). The network structure of organizational vocabularies. In P. Groenewegen e.a. (Ed.), Structure, Coontent and Meaning of Organizational Networks (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 53 (pp. 65-85). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000053010
Conference proceeding (1)
Academic (1)
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Tasselli, S., & Borgonovi, E. (2013). Knowledge Transfer and Social Networks in Health Care. In Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (Vol. 2013) https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2013.54
Paper (1)
Academic (1)
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Zhang, Q., & Tasselli, S. (2021). OCCUPYING BROKERAGE POSITION THAT ENDANGERS PERFORMANCE? THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERPRETIVE AGENCY. Paper presented at 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021: Bringing the Manager Back in Management, AoM 2021, Virtual, Online. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.199
Review article (4)
Academic (3)
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Chen, H., Mehra, A., Tasselli, S., & Borgatti, S. P. (2022). Network Dynamics and Organizations: A Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Management, 48(6), 1602-1660. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211063218
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Tasselli, S., Kilduff, M., & Menges, J. I. (2015). The Microfoundations of Organizational Social Networks: A Review and an Agenda for Future Research. Journal of Management, 41(5), 1361-1387. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206315573996
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Burt, R. S., Kilduff, M., & Tasselli, S. (2013). Social network analysis: Foundations and frontiers on advantage. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 527-547. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143828
Popular (1)
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Tasselli, S. (2014). Social networks of professionals in health care organizations: A review. Medical Care Research and Review, 71(6), 619-660. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558714557079
Activities
Additional positions (1)
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Network research centre university of exeterStart date approval: 01 Nov 2023End date approval: 31 Oct 2026Place: EXETERDescription: collaboration in research activities of the center
Additional activities (2)
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Journal of Management Studies (Journal)Stefano Tasselli (Reviewer)01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
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Academy of Management Journal (Journal)Stefano Tasselli (Reviewer)01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
Activity: Editorial work (Academic)
Courses
Strategy of Innovation
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BM02MI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Organisation of Innovation
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BM03MI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
OLD STYLE - Research Fundamentals Course
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
- Code: BMRMMI
- Level: Master
Past courses
Mastering Networks for Innovation
- Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME051
- Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
IM Research clinic
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BM-IMRC
- Level: Master
New Business Development
- Study year: 2017/2018
- Code: BMME079
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master
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My Colleagues Have A Better Network Than Me'
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Thursday, 16 March 2023 -
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Thinkers50 Radar List 2023: Recognizing Fresh Minds in Management and Leadership
Tuesday, 24 January 2023 -
Professor Stefano Tasselli: “Why it is crucial to speak to your employees, listen to them, and create moments in which they can informally talk to each other”
An interview with Stefano Tasselli of RSM, discussing human interaction in the workplace. Tasselli states that “Speak to your employees, listen to them, and create moments in which they can informally talk to each other. Few…
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What’s love got to do with it? The motivating power of passion in business
An article by Stefano Tasselli discussing passion for one's work. He explains that if managers want to retain and motivate, they should appeal to employees’ passion and desire.
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Vriendschappen met collega's kunnen vertrouwen juist ook ondermijnen
To be successful in your work, the trust of others is necessary, says researcher Stefano Tasselli of RSM. Making friends with colleagues may at first sight seem the perfect way to build trust within an organisation. However, in a…
Friday, 20 October 2017 -
Voor Sommigen Is Openheid Beter Voor Anderen Diplomatie
If you talk to friends at work at work, how open or just diplomatic should you be? Apparently, it depends on your personality. Stefano Tasselli of RSM is featured on this episode of "Wetenschap Vandaag" of BNR Radio. …
Thursday, 12 October 2017 -
Your personality should fit your network to be successful at work
Workplace friendships encourage productivity, employee retention, job satisfaction, team cohesion and so much more, including personal growth and emotional support. But these business friendships can be difficult to manage, writes…
Wednesday, 4 October 2017 -
Research: Too many friends can damage work success
Workers juggling lots of friendship groups might secretly praise themselves for their diplomacy, but this might be hindering their career success according to a new study by Martin Kilduff (UCL School of Management) and Stefano…
Wednesday, 27 September 2017 -
Is your personality damaging your career prospects?
Your personality must fit with your network in order to be trusted and successful, new research from Martin Kilduff (UCL School of Management) and Stefano Tasselli (RSM) reveals. Otherwise, your friendships might clash with your…
Tuesday, 22 August 2017 -
Does your personality fit your network? It could be damaging your success at work
Your personality must fit with your network in order to be trusted and successful, a new study conducted by Martin Kilduff from UCL School of Management and Stefano Tasselli from RSM reveals. Otherwise, your friendships might…
Friday, 18 August 2017 -
The reason you may not be successful at work could be down to pure blirtatiousness
Your personality must fit with your network in order to be trusted and successful, new research from UCL School of Management and RSM claims. Otherwise, your friendships might clash with your job. According to professors Martin…
Friday, 18 August 2017 -
Does your personality fit your network? It could be damaging your success at work
Your personality must fit with your network in order to be trusted and successful, a new study conducted by Martin Kilduff from UCL School of Management and Stefano Tasselli from RSM reveals. Otherwise, your friendships might…
Thursday, 17 August 2017 -
Status belemmert kennisdeling in ziekenhuizen
Knowledge sharing within the hospital really only takes place within groups of similar status peers. Both physicians and nurses share a lot of information, but only within their own social networks. It is up to medical directors,…
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Statusverschillen verhinderen delen van kennis
Knowledge sharing within the hospital really only takes place within groups of similar status peers. Both physicians and nurses share a lot of information, but only within their own social networks. It is up to medical directors,…
Thursday, 1 December 2016 -
Sociale status verhindert kennisdeling ziekenhuis
Knowledge sharing within the hospital really only takes place within groups of similar status peers. Both physicians and nurses share a lot of information, but only within their own social networks. It is up to medical directors,…
Thursday, 1 December 2016 -
Statusverschillen in ziekenhuis verhinderen delen van waardevolle kennis
Knowledge sharing within the hospital really only takes place within groups of similar status peers. Both physicians and nurses share a lot of information, but only within their own social networks. It is up to medical directors,…
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
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