Thurman Office

Post date: Nov 29, 2011 6:52:47 PM

Overview

Network Dataset

The dataset name is THUROFF, and includes the following two 15x15 matrices:

• • THURA non-symmetric, binary

  • THURM symmetric, binary

Background

Thurman spent 16 months observing the interactions among employees in the overseas office of a large international corporation. During this time, two major disputes erupted in a subgroup of fifteen people. Thurman analyzed the outcome of these disputes in terms of the network of formal and informal associations among those involved.

THURA shows the formal organizational chart of the employees and THURM the actors linked by multiplex ties.

Reference

• • Thurman B. (1979). In the office: Networks and coalitions. Social Networks, 2, 47-63.