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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"network ties"”.
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The network characteristics, the dimensions of network ties, the characteristics of network ties and their impact on managerial effectiveness
This study investigates the impact of network characteristics--size and density--on managerial effectiveness as evaluated by 360-degree performance feedback appraisal. It further examines the mediating impact of network types such as information, advice, friendship, career support and cooperation …
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Asymmetric network ties to elite American universities create differential access to venture capital in Africa
… only end up in a few countries. Because ties with elite universities are the primary way in which African startup founders build social capital with U.S. VC firms, which are the largest purveyors of venture funds on the African continent, I advance a novel network theory. It is predicated …
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Assessing the Relationship Between Empathy Climate, Motivation to Empathize, Network Ties, and Leader Engagement in Pursuit of Validating an Empathy Climate Scale
… listed it as one of eight essential leader qualities. Leader empathy is critical to leader and organizational success for the associated benefits afforded to individuals and organizations, two of which are its direct effects on leaders’ networks and engagement. Leader empathy has a significant …
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Friends or Neighbors? The Effects of Inter-firm Networks and Clusters on Technological Innovations in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
… external resources residing in their ego network (portfolio of alliances) and their clusters in order to innovate in a sustained manner? Research suggests that firms often struggle and falter in their innovation efforts. However, past research has paid little systematic attention on why …
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Characteristics of Stakeholder Networks Supporting Institutional Development in Rural Water Service Delivery
Social network analysis was used in combination with qualitative methods to identify characteristics of stakeholder networks that supported cases of institutional development in rural water sectors in Ghana, Malawi, India, Tajikistan, and Bolivia. Institutions studied included local governments, a …
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Social capital and sustainability in a Newfoundland fishing community
… embedded in social structures such as informal networks that can be accessed and mobilized by individuals or groups for either personal or communal gain (Coleman, 1988; Putnam, 2000; Krishna, 2002; Onyx, 2005). High levels of social capital can lead to collective activism, which according to …
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The Politics of Social Networks : Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Change in Post-Communist East Germany
… for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. As a complement and contrast to both March and …
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Social Capital, Market Transition, And Loan Acquisition: The Importance Of Network Embeddedness For Chinese Firms
Research confirms that social networking is a significant predictor of firm financing in capitalist economies, but little is known about its effect in transition economies. This paper examines the role of market network ties in 3,263 firms in securing banks loans in China's transition economy. The …
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DOMINICAN SPANISH IN CONTACT WITH ST. THOMAS ENGLISH CREOLE: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF SPEECH VARIATION ON ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
… language of the token, and the speakers’ social network ties and self-ascribed identity. This dissertation also includes a socio-historical background of St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, a description of St Thomas English Creole, and a history of immigration patterns of people from the Dominican …
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Storytelling and Networking on Tibet: Relationships between narratives, framing and networks within and between two oppositional issue networks
… online narratives in two competing issue networks concerning Tibet, Tibetan refugees and the Tibet Movement: an issue network in support of the Tibet Movement and an issue network based in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that generates English language propaganda in support of the …
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Trailers and Mental Health: An Exploration of Psychological Distress Amongst Mobile Home Dwellers
… and control variables. Conversely, social network ties were stronger in the mobile home community than in other types of housing and this remained so after socioeconomic variables were included. This thesis supports Shelton, et al.'s (1983) findings that mobile home residents are in many …
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Nonprofit Market Structure and Its Consequences
… donor behavior and donor-nonprofit network ties. Notably, the new market definition predicts donor substitution among organizations 58% more accurately than the standard nonprofit market definition based on an organization’s subsector and geographic location. The CFC data and this …
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Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S.
The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in numerous studies emphasizing the mechanisms of technology transfer and knowl-edge spillover. However, in addition to these forms of intellectual capital, university scientists bring other resources into research …
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The Real "Syriana": Interlocking Directorates Shaping a Defense-Petroleum-Policy Complex
… these two industries, along with the strength of ties to government through former lawmakers and bureaucrats seated on these boards. The purpose of this research is to uncover evidence as to whether these interlocks and social network-ties are being utilized to further mutual interests of both …
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Statistical models for social support networks: Application of exponential models to undirected graphs with dyadic dependencies
… well-being often focuses on the personal support network, the group of individuals upon whom one calls for assistance in any given situation. With more sophisticated theories of social support, researchers no longer consider the mere availability of social ties but look instead at the flow of …
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Modelling the Production and Consequences of Career Success in the Present Era from the Perspectives of Sustainable Careers, Social Capital and Self-Expatriation
… capital (considered in terms of mentoring and network ties). Hypotheses and models have been developed using established theoretical frameworks and careful contemplation, but there are also outputs where I (or with co-authors) constructed novel theoretical argumentation. Viewed independently, …
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A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Dzongkha: Variation inFinal Nasals and Rhotics
… for education, jobs, commerce and social network ties. Both (N) and (R) show variable deletion, as correlated with internal (phonetic environment, tone, grammatical category, phrase position) and external (style, sex, age, region, education) explanatory factors. Data came from thirty-six …
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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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Changes in activation of Mexican-heritage children and father physical activity social networks in response to a father-focused family-centered health program.
… Mexican-heritage children's and fathers' PA networks. Participating families consisting of child (aged 9-11), mother, and father were recruited from colonias by promotoras for participation in a six-week father-focused family-centered health program focused on family dynamics relative to …
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Promoting Active Retirement: A Case Study Examining The Mobilisation of Social Capital to Achieve Desired Organisational Outcomes.
… and voluntary organisations harness and develop network ties and resources, volunteerism and civic participation. Organisations contribute to society’s social capital stock and play a role in maintaining social cohesion, supporting civil society and generating social renewal. National community …
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