Dyadic Analysis

In this class we focus on dyadic properties, like cohesion and equivalence, and their antecedents and consequences.

Geodesic distance, independent paths, overlaps, structural equivalence, regular equivalence
Multiplexity
Embeddedness, Simmelian ties

Readings

- Granovetter, M. (1985). Economic action and social structure: The problem of embeddedness. American Journal of Sociology, 91: 481-510. [link to PDF]
- Uzzi, 1996. The sources and consequences of embeddedness... American Sociological Review. [pdf]
- Krackhardt, D. 1999. The Ties that Torture: Simmelian Tie Analysis in Organizations." Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 16:183-210 [pdf]
- Feld, SL (1997). Structural embeddedness and stability of interpersonal. Social Networks, 19, 91-95 [^pdf]

Bibliography

Krackhardt, David. 1992 "The Strength of Strong Ties: The Importance of Philos in Organizations." In N. Nohria & R. Eccles (eds.), Networks and Organizations: Structure, Form, and Action: 216-239. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.[pdf]
Linton C. Freeman. 1992.The Sociological Concept of "Group": An Empirical Test of Two Models The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 98, No. 1. (Jul., 1992), pp. 152-166. [^pdf]
Peter V. Marsden; Karen E. Campbell. 1984. Measuring Tie Strength. Social Forces, Vol. 63, No. 2. (Dec., 1984), pp. 482-501.[^pdf]
Rapoport, Anatol. 1954. "Spread of Information through a Population with Socio-
structural Bias. III. Suggested Experimental Procedures." Bulletin of Mathematical
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Borgatti, S.P. and DeJordy, R. 2007. Cohesion. On Centrality. [pdf]

Borgatti, S.P. and Cross, R. 2003. A Relational View of Information Seeking and Learning in Social Networks. Management Science. 49(4): 432-445.[pdf]
Gerald F. Davis; Henrich R. Greve “Corporate Elite Networks and Governance Changes in the 1980s” The American Journal of Sociology, 103:1-37 [^pdf]
Labianca, G. & Brass, D.J. 2006. Exploring the social ledger: Negative relationships and negative asymmetry in social networks in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 31: 596-614
Wellman, Barry 1992. "Which types of ties and networks provide what kinds of social support?" Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 9, 207 235.