Marissa King (Books)

Marissa King Books

Marissa King is a professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management, where she developed and teaches a popular course on managing strategic networks. For fifteen years, King has studied how people's social networks evolve, what they look like, and why that's significant. Her latest research analyzes the individual and group-level behaviors that are necessary for large-scale organizational change. Known for using wearable sensors to enhance traditional social science data, King's work delves into the dynamics of human connections and their impact on organizational structures.

Social Chemistry

368 pages
13 hours of reading

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Conventional wisdom would have us believe that it is the size of your network that matters: how many people do you know? We're told to mix, mingle, and connect.But social science research suggests otherwise. The quality and structure of our relationships have far greater impact on our personal and professional lives. our relationships with friends, family, co-workers, neighbours, and collaborators are by far our greatest asset. Yet, most people leave them to chance.In this ground-breaking study, Marissa King, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale, argues that there are strategic ways in which we can alter our relationships for a happier and more fulfilling life. With new understanding, this book can help readers to see how they can harness the power of their networks in their personal relationships, at work, and to create a better world.