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shared by Benjamin Jörissen on 19 Apr 09 - Cached

Workers who have strong communication ties with their managers tend to bring in more money than those who steer clear of the boss, according to a new analysis of social networks in the workplace by IBM (IBM) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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a dollar value to e-mail interaction with an employee's managers
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average of $588 of revenue per month over the norm
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That's why leading tech companies, including IBM, Microsoft (MSFT), and Yahoo! (YHOO), are hiring economists, anthropologists, and other social scientists to map and classify new types of friendships—and put a value on them.
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not all networking yields dividends
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consultants with weak ties to a number of managers produced $98 per month less than average
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process "conflicting demands from different managers,"
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