The role of human resources has become a key factor for the success of an organization. Based on a research collaboration with an aeronautical company, the paper compares two different approaches for the reconstruction of a collaborative social network in the business realm. Traditional social network analysis and novel statistical inference models were both evaluated against data provided by the company, with the final scope of scouting key employees in the network, as well as exploiting the knowledge-transfer processes. As a main outcome of this paper, it was found how the network reconstruction using statistical models has an increased robustness, as well as sensitivity, allowing to discover hidden correlations among the users.
Statistical mechanics approach for collaborative business social network reconstruction
CORALLO, Angelo;BISCONTI, CRISTIAN GIOVANNI;FORTUNATO, LAURA;
2016-01-01
Abstract
The role of human resources has become a key factor for the success of an organization. Based on a research collaboration with an aeronautical company, the paper compares two different approaches for the reconstruction of a collaborative social network in the business realm. Traditional social network analysis and novel statistical inference models were both evaluated against data provided by the company, with the final scope of scouting key employees in the network, as well as exploiting the knowledge-transfer processes. As a main outcome of this paper, it was found how the network reconstruction using statistical models has an increased robustness, as well as sensitivity, allowing to discover hidden correlations among the users.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
