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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Social network theory."”.
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The Intersection of Social Networks in a Public Service Model: A Case Study
Examining human interaction networks contributes to an understanding of factors that improve and constrain collaboration. This study examined multiple network levels of information exchanges within a public service model designed to strengthen community partnerships by connecting city services to …
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Border-crossing knowledge networking among multinational firms : the case of R&D facilities
… explanation for this difference between the two networks. This difference in knowledge networking among the different groups did not result in more similar knowledge networking, within each group, implying that there are additional factors that influence the networks. These factors are, (1) …
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Modelling the economic impact of overseas students' social networks on Australia/Thailand bilateral trade flows
… literature on immigration flows has identified, social network theory is an important tool in explaining how cross border flows of people can stimulate international trade activity. What impact are overseas students' social networks playing in stimulating trade activity between Australia and …
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Intersections of social networks and state policy : Brazilian migration to Japan and the United States
… to the United States. Describing selectivity and social dynamics over time in the two migration flows, the study ultimately shows that though social networks operating in each flow, among other factors, allow for the diversification of migrant composition over time, destination country policies, …
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A social networks framework to study the influence of language on international trade in services.
Social network theory has been overlooked as a tool to examine relationships in economics whereas all economic interactions create networks, some more complex than others. Specifically, attempts to estimate drivers of bilateral trade fall in this category. A significant number of studies explaining …
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Migrant-Funded Development: The Influence of Mexican Hometown Associations on Development Indicators
… theories of relative deprivation and social networks are examined to explore possible associations between level of household development and migrants' designation of savings or remittances towards development-related purposes and whether remittances are positively affected by …
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Exploring The High School Experiences Of Black Males With Their Considerations To Enroll In College
… to enroll in college. The research was guided by social network theory as a lens to understand Black males’ considerations to enroll in college upon high school completion. Ten Black male college students participated in semi-structured interviews, and an analysis of the response data revealed two …
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The Role of Social Networks in Memory Formation and the Social Reintegration of Ex-combatants
This doctoral dissertation examines the social reintegration of ex-combatants with a focus on the role of social networks and the formation of collective memory. The case is that of FARC ex-guerrillas in Colombia. Building on the work of Maurice Halbwachs ([1952] 1992), it understands memory as …
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A social network analysis of interschool collaboration: staff relationships in a shared education partnership
This thesis reports on the social structures underpinning interschool collaboration in the context of Shared Education and the networks of staff relations that have been developed for the purpose of overcoming systemic separation. Drawing upon social network theory, it is argued that in order to …
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Socio-Economic Structural Conditions and Hate Crimes
… is an explorative study that utilized Social Network theory (SNT) that examined interracial demographic relationships and community characteristics that affect bias or hate crimes in Los Angeles County. In evaluating the relationships among racial groups of White, Latino, and Black in …
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THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD FUNCTIONALITIES IN THE STATE OF KANSAS WITH REGARD TO NURSING PRACTICE
… Chief Nursing Officer, the perception of their social capital might affect the implementation of their electronic health record. A survey was developed for this descriptive study to quantify the components of individual hospital's electronic health record, using the theoretical framework of …
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Overcoming loneliness: first-generation Slavic immigrants' experience with loneliness in the Inland Northwest
… of loneliness has caused devastation to many social and cultural groups’ well-being. Scholars have analyzed and documented its adverse health such as suicide (Stravynski and Boyer 2001), Alzheimer’s disease (Wilson et al. 2007), depression (Erzen and Çikrikci 2018), immune system complications …
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Caliphs, Governors and their Administrators in Early Islam A Prosopographical Approach (AH 24–36/644–661 CE)
… early Islamic history by examining the broader social and political networks that underpin the power and influence of historical figures. It uses prosopography – a study of collective biography and social network theory – to reshape our understanding of two of the most influential figures in …
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Gay American English: Language Attitudes, Language Perceptions, and Gay Men's Discourses of Connectedness to Family, Lgbtq Networks, and the American South
… attitude research in folk dialectology and social psychology, I use both quantitative and qualitative techniques to analyze interview data, an attitude and perception study, and two focus groups. I also adapt methodologies from social network theory to examine how gay men's individual …
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The diffusion of innovative technologies among elementary and middle School teachers: Examining the relationship between access to social capital and level of technology adoption
… elementary and middle school teachers’ access to social capital (the independent variable) and their level of adoption of innovative technologies (the dependent variable). The study was founded on both <em>diffusion of innovation</em>s and <em>social network theory</em>.</p> <p>Study participants …
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The Influence of Social Integration, Religious Integration, and Religious-Social Regulation on Suicidal Behaviors Among Seventh-day Adventist Youth
… study used Pescosolido and Georgianna's (1989) social network theory to examine the influence of social integration, religious integration, and religious-social regulation on attempted suicidal behavior in Seventh-day Adventist adolescents.</p> <p><em>Method. </em> The data used for this study …
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Material culture, social networks, and the Chinese of Ouray, Colorado, 1880-1920
… to understand their past experiences in terms of social interaction rather than acculturation. Borrowing concepts from social network theory, artifacts recovered from behind the Chinese laundry drive the reconstruction of past social relationships. When these relationships are placed within the …
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An exploration of user intention and behaviour in the context of the economic development of technology-supported online social networks
Technology-supported online social networks have grown dramatically in recent years. Limited success has been achieved in economically developing them so that users make purchases through them. However these are largely ineffective as they are based on ‘targeting’ users with advertising in an …
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The process and dimensions of family member marginalization: A mixed-method construct explication
<p>This dissertation builds upon social psychology, organizational studies (i.e., social identity theory, social network theory), family studies, and interpersonal communication (i.e., hurt, confirmation theory) literature to understand how marginalized family members, or "black sheep," come to …
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Shared Leadership in Six Sigma Teams From the North Shore-LIJ Health System
… Sigma and improvement science methodologies, and social network theory. This study also builds practical knowledge by outlining implications to factors such as change management and leadership development. The research builds knowledge by proposing a model that outlines a continuum for how shared …
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