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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Weak-ties"”.
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Strength of weak ties in microfinance
… Granovetter’s (1973) theory of the strength of weak ties in microfinance based on an empirical study in India. Specifically, it looks to test if the addition of weak bridging ties to the networks of microfinance clients who own businesses will improve their businesses and help to reduce their …
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The Characteristics and Functions of Weak Ties
… of this study was to identify dimensions of weak tie relationships including characteristics (e.g., distinctive qualities, traits, or properties), functions (e.g., outcomes, purposes, or meanings derived from the interaction) and determinants of engagement to gain insight into the weak tie …
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The Efficacy of Knowledge Sharing: Centralized Vs. Self-Organizing Online Communities
… peripheral participation theory and the weak-ties phenomenon, the study focuses on a comparative analysis of self-organizing online communities (e.g., weblog networks) and centralized online communities (e.g., discussion forums communities) with respect to the efficacy of knowledge …
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Strength matters : tie strength as a causal driver of networks' information benefits
… After all, even if job seekers have social ties to those who have valuable job information, the seekers will gain little information benefit when the ties do not actually transmit the information. This paper clarifies the conditions under which social ties might provide information benefits. …
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Do I Have Any Choice?: Prostitution in Thailand
… Theory, particularly social support, and weak ties are discessed in this study. Data from the interviews was classified into three different theme areas to facilitate readers' understanding of these women's perspectives and their working conditions. These themes cover Women, Families, and …
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The use and formation of social networks among asylum seekers and refugees in Northern Ireland
… Ireland. Using Granovetter’s (1973) ‘strength of weak ties’ theory, this work offers insights into the utility and establishment of social networks throughout asylum migration, beginning with the initial decision to migrate through to the post-arrival period. <br/><br/>This research employs a …
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Academic service-learning’s impact on students’ social capital
… site, whether these relationships were strong or weak ties; the frequency of interaction with said ties; and individuals who could be used as a reference. Results suggest the number of individuals with whom participants worked and whether participants were partaking in academic service-learning …
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Complex systems and a computational social science perspective on the labor market
… theories to measure the flow of opportunities and information in the context of the labor market. First, we investigate our key hypothesis, which is that opportunity/information flow through weak ties, and this is a key determinant of the length of unemployment. We then extend the idea of …
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Social Networks, Sectors and Occupational Attainment in Urban China
… (JSNet 2009), which is drawn from eight big cities, Xi’an, Changchun, Jinan, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Lanzhou. I assess the variation of social networks in different sectors by splitting the dataset into two parts (the state sector and the private sector), and organizing …
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Factors External to the Individual Encouraging Idea Generation in SME Contexts
… generation, theories such as the ‘strength of weak ties’, collective creativity and the concept of ‘flow’. Fieldwork followed a primarily qualitative, inductive approach, using exploratory surveys, semi-structured interviews and participant observation to develop rich narrative ‘stories’ of …
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Hands in the Pockets of Mercurial Donors: How Three Theories Explain Ngo Responses to Shifting Funding Priorities
… the potential impact of changing funding priorities on NGO behavior and decision-making. It raises two questions: How do NGOs respond to changes in donor funding objectives? Why do NGOs react the way they do?</p> <p>NGOs react to changes in the external environment in different ways (Thompson …
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Social sustainability in the city: the relationship between density and social interaction
… That is, the lower density neighbourhood had weak ties between residents but significant levels of informal interaction between neighbours; in higher density neighbourhoods it was the opposite. Even with the low response rate to the questionnaire, and variation in the socio-economic …
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Come a Little Closer: Examining Spillover Priming Effects from a Network Perspective
… little-known political officials via strong or weak ties to a president. To address this glaring gap in the literature, a 3X2 online experiment, manipulating prime valence and tie strength, was conducted. More specifically, a news transcript was manipulated to portray the educational issue, Race …
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Organised social networks and the positive resettlement of female forced migrants: A case study of the Scalabrini Women's Platform and Congolese women in Cape Town
… in South Africa, women face gender-based inequalities and the barrier of language, placing them in a vulnerable position and exposing them to abuse and isolation. Organised social networks are understood as a source of social capital that improves lifestyle by limiting everyday challenges. Using …
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Social Capital and the Urban Informal Economy:The Case of Street Vendors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
… the poor by providing income generating opportunities. Accordingly, formalizing informal sector activities has become one of the priorities of micro-enterprise programs. The main aspect of micro-enterprise programs is the use of social capital as a substitute for collateral in providing credit and …
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Sustainable livelihood development: A case study measuring social capital and its role in sustainable livelihood development in Zoucheng, China
… two questions: (1) Can different types of social ties (kin and non-kin ties) lead to differential access to social capital in a small community in China？(2) Does the strength of social capital alter local livelihood patterns by diversifying household livelihoods, or producing new livelihoods in an …
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Social and commercial enterprise interactions: Insights from UK business incubators
… support and using a combination of strong and weak ties to strengthen and extend their network and access to knowledge. The importance of their incubatee peers fluctuated depending on the level of maturity of the enterprise. This exploratory study indicates the potential for an emerging …
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Factors Contributing to the Experience of State Loneliness
… times. Unexpectedly, normatively social activities and locations did not associate with the strongest feelings of state loneliness. Results for Study 2 came out largely as expected—engaging in a shared task (active engagement) associated with lower rates of state loneliness relative to mere …
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From Public Participation in Neighbourhood Policing to testing the limits of Social Media as a tool to increase the flow of Community Intelligence
… the growth of social media provides opportunities for the police and citizens to use information from events in new ways to co-produce community safety. The work draws on the work of Granovetter (1973) who theorised that new information rests with weak ties, Shirky (2009) who argued that …
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Essays on Information Technologies, Social Networks and Individual Economic Outcomes
… suggesting that even individually, strong ties are not always more useful than weak ties.
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