Group-level Concepts

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Theory and Method

• • Krackhardt, D. 1994. "Graph Theoretical Dimensions of Informal Organizations." Computational Organizational Theory, Editor Kathleen Carley and Michael Prietula. Hillsdale, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

  • Barnes, J. A. (1969). Graph Theory and Social Networks: A Technical Comment on Connectedness and Connectivity. Sociology, 3(2), 215-232

  • Chen, Y., Paul, G., Cohen, R., Havlin, S., Borgatti, S. Liljeros, F., Stanley, H.E. 2007. Percolation theory applied to measures of fragmentation in social networks. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Apr ;75 (4 Pt 2):046107 17500961 [pdf]

  • Carley, K. M. (1991). A theory of group stability. American Sociological Review, 56, 331-354.

  • Chase, Ivan. "Social process and hierarchy formation in small groups: A comparative perspective." American Sociological Review 45:905-924 [^pdf]

  • Gould, Rodger (2002). "The Origins of Status Hierarchies: A formal Theory and Empirical Test" American Journal of Sociology. 107:1143-1178

  • Markovsky, B., & Chaffee, M. (1995). Social identification and solidarity: A reformulation.Advances in Group Processes, 12, 249-270.

  • Markovsky, B.,& Lawler, E. J. (1994).A new theory of group solidarity. In B. Markovsky, K. Heimer,&J. O’Brien (Eds.), Advances in group processes (Vol. 11, pp. 113-137). Greenwich,CT: JAI.

Applications

• Barsky, N. A core/periphery structure in a corporate budgeting process. Connections 22(2): 1-29. [html]

• Bearman, Faris, & Moody, "Blocking the Future" Social Science History 23:501-533

• Klovdahl, A. S. 1985. "Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: The AIDS Example." Social Science Medicine 21:1203-16