Krackhardt Office CSS

Post date: Nov 29, 2011 4:52:51 PM

Overview

Network Dataset

The dataset includes the following two files:

• • KRACKAD non-symmetric, binary

• KRACKFR symmetric, binary

Each file contains twenty-one 21x21 matrices. Matrix n gives actor n's perception of the whole network.

Background

David Krackhardt collected cognitive social structure data from 21 management personnel in a high-tech, machine manufacturing firm to assess the effects of a recent management intervention program. The relation queried was "Who does X go to for advice and help with work?" (KRACKAD) and "Who is a friend of X?" (KRACKFR). Each person indicated not only his or her own advice and friendship relationships, but also the relations he or she perceived among all other managers, generating a full 21 by 21 matrix of adjacency ratings from each person in the group.

Reference

• • Krackhardt D. (1987). Cognitive social structures. Social Networks, 9, 104-134.