Tag Archives: Social Networks
On SAGE Insight: The impact of leader‒member exchange on follower performance in light of the larger social network
From Human Relations This article examines the influence of leader‒member exchange on follower job performance in light of the larger social networks in which followers are embedded. Testing multilevel models with data that were gathered using questionnaires from a sample … Continue reading
If Romeo and Juliet had mobile phones
From Mobile Media & Communication This study looks at how the Mobile Revolution has promoted networked individualism – connectivity that is not bound up in solidary groups. Mobile phones have played a key role in the developed world’s transformation from … Continue reading
Psychiatrists’ labeling practices may be desensitizing the public
The labeling paradox: Stigma, the sick role, and social networks in mental illness From Journal of Health & Social Behavior Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to this study, … Continue reading
Trust and social networks facilitate fraud
Anatomy of a Fraud: Trust and Social Networks From Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique This article examines the link between trust and social networks with the case study of a fraud – the Santa case. It concerns mainly … Continue reading