An empirical study on positive-negative network ties, consulting (Mediation) networks and individual performance

The necessity of communicating since the existence of mankind has been an inevitable phenomenon of social networks. The positive, negative, and mediating relationships of individuals, which are the basic components of social networks, are considered as factors influencing their performance and the performances of the organizations they work in. In this study, it was researched whether individuals' relations with each other had an effect on their performances at micro scale. The study was implemented on a network of 22 people working at the same workplace, in the same unit, in similar positions and physically close to each other. The obtained analyzes and findings were compared with the general assumptions in literature and previous studies. The assumptions for enhancing the performances of the actors in the center of the positive network centrality were rejected, the assumptions for enhancing the performances of the actors in the center of the consultation network centrality were partially rejected and the assumptions for reducing the performances of the actors in the center of the negative network centrality were totally rejected.