Social Networks

Question 1

Social Networks

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set of actors and ties/ relationships connecting them
- vital to organizational life

Question 2

pros- advantageous social networks

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• better positioned to accumulate valuable resources over time and exert influence

Question 3

Willam Dawes vs Paul Revere

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• both did the same thing
• Revere was so well connected he know which people to connect to make the biggest impact

Question 4

Capital as

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an asset or currency: human, financial, cultural.
more capital -> makes it easier to acquire desirable outcomes

Question 5

social capital

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is the potential to acquire resources, favors, or information through personal connection
TLDRL it’s about who you know and what they can offer you

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social capital short term impact

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-75% of jobs are filled through personal connections

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social capital long term

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the longest studies of happiness have found that having high quality relationships is the strongest predictor of life satisfaction.

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social capital leads to

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• greater likelihood of finding jobs or earning promotions
  -higher levels of power and influence
  -hires levels of job performance and career success

Question 9

central connector

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people who are linked to the greatest number of people

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benefits of central connector

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• greater access to information and expertise
• more resources at your disposal you can use
• greater visibility

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central connector and job performance (+)

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controlling for KSAs, central actors tend to perform better than peripheral actors

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Boundry spanners

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People who connect one disconnected cluster to another

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benefits of boundary spanning

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-Access to unique and nonredundant information
- control over what information gets passed back and forth
- leverage over how two groups will coordinate work and communicate

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Boundary spanner and job performance

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• Particularly if innovation is a key measure of performance

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Advice (Instrumental) Ties

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relationships that people seek out for inherently task-related issues

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Pros of Advice Ties

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people who can offer expertise or guidance to help carry out a task
- help reduce ambiguity or uncertainty about how to navigate the job

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Advice (instrumental) ties

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people with more advice ties are more likely to develop workable solutions

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Friendship (Expressive) Ties

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Relationships that people seek out for deeper level concerns that extend beyond job-related information

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Pro friendships ties

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people who can offer emotional support and connection
- generally require spending time outside of work

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friendship ties associated with turnover

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• having friends at work promotes positive job attitudes

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strong ties

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• people know v well
• people you interact with regularly
  -ex. fam, friends, significant others

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strong ties marker

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intimacy: offer you a sense of belonging, companionship, and comfort

Question 23

weak ties

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• people you know not well
• infrequent interaction; need to basis
  -ex. classmates, admin, staff

Question 24

weak ties marker

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distance: offer different perspectives, unique info, and novelty

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strength of weak tiems

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Mark Granovetter found 56% of people found job from contants they spoke with occasionally.
- 17% of people - often

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Strength of weak ties key findings

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info. from strong ties tends to be redundant
- people regularly interact with likely to occupy the same social circle as you
– this means they largely operate with the same facts and information with you

Question 27

Acquaintance Strength

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acquaintances are more likely to know something you don’t already know which can be crucial for identifying job opportunities