Valentina Iacopino
University of the Sacred Heart, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Total Citations
23
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About
Valentina Iacopino is a distinguished scholar whose research sits at the intersection of organizational behavior, professional networks, and medical innovation. Her work fundamentally explores how the social fabric of professional relationships shapes the adoption and effectiveness of new technologies in healthcare settings. Iacopino’s most influential paper, “Professional networks and the alignment of individual perceptions about medical innovation” (2016, 18 citations), demonstrates how network ties among healthcare professionals influence their perceptions and acceptance of medical innovations, providing critical insights into the social dynamics that drive technological change in medicine. Her recent work, “The Partners of My Partners: Shared Collaborative Experience and Team Performance in Surgical Teams” (2024, 4 citations), extends this line of inquiry by examining how prior collaborative experiences among team members affect surgical team performance, introducing the novel concept of shared collaborative experience through common external partners. Additionally, her study on robotic surgery adoption (2017) applies network theory to understand the diffusion of cutting-edge surgical technologies. Iacopino’s research is particularly valuable for students and researchers interested in how professional networks mediate innovation diffusion, team dynamics, and organizational learning in high-stakes medical environments.
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