Index

Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks

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Publication date: 26 September 2017

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(2017), "Index", Structure, Content and Meaning of Organizational Networks (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 53), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000053012

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INDEX

Activity coordination
, 222

Affective relations
, 214, 215–216

“Alphabet”
, 117

Amphibious scientist-entrepreneurs
, 25

Analytical approach
, 18–19

Anthropologists
, 150

Art and transformation
, 98

Assignment of relationships
, 29

Attributed definition
, 117, 120

Attributed semantic networks
, 7

Automap software
, 97, 125

Average area
, 128–129

Bag-of-words approach
, 55–56

Balance theory
, 93

Belief Network Analysis approach (BNA approach)
, 155

Biotechnology firms
, 25–26

Bipartite

association
, 67

ego networks
, 71, 72

network
, 77–78

Blocked matrix
, 173

individuals
, 175

Borgatti’s model
, 222

Buddhism
, 144, 146, 151, 152, 153, 157, 162

Buddhist monastery
, 144

benefit
, 144–145

blocked matrix
, 173

blocked matrix individuals
, 175

cluster diagram, partition diagram, density matrix
, 174

cluster diagram, partition diagram for individuals
, 176

data and analysis
, 153

graphing logic
, 153–164

institutional logics
, 146–151

logics as local configurations of ritual and belief
, 151–153

meanings and beliefs
, 154

practices binary variables yes/no
, 155

religious conversion
, 146

Capitalism
, 147

Carriers
, 220

event-type interactions as
, 217

knowledge
, 217

of social meaning
, 215

“Catch-all” parties
, 53

Civic values
, 23

“Closure-based” effects
, 75, 77

Cluster diagram
, 174

for individuals
, 176

Clustering
, 68

global clustering coefficient
, 79–80

of words by company
, 79

of words by participant attribute
, 77

Coercive mechanism
, 24

Cognitive embeddedness
, 116

Communication flows
, 221–223

Communication science
, 3

Community organization
, 144

Concept networks
, 185–186

Concept sharing
, 98

Concepts, diffusion of
, 42–43

CONCOR algorithm
, 162

Consecrated firms
, 121–122, 123, 132

correlation table for
, 130

“Consecrated” organizations
, 118

Consumers
, 114, 134

Content analysis, structural approach to
, 4–8

Contextual social factors
, 146

Control network measures
, 217–218

Corporate group
, 70, 73

Correlation table

for consecrated firms
, 130

for non-consecrated firms
, 131

Creative organizations
, 90, 91

self-run
, 94–95

sharing structures in
, 94

Creativity dimension
, 126

Cultural

contagion
, 92

embeddedness
, 116

expressions
, 27

factors
, 146

field configurations
, 29–38

homophily
, 92

proximity
, 31, 32

rationalization
, 26

relationships
, 191

similarities
, 89

Cultural cohesiveness of Frankfurt School
, 180–189

Cultural meanings, multiplex patterning of
, 89, 90, 178

cultural homophily and cultural contagion
, 92

data
, 95–96

empirical setting
, 94–95

inverse sociocultural balance
, 93–94

literature background and hypotheses
, 90

multiple micro-principles
, 88

multiplex network analysis using ERGMs
, 99–102

network-analytical approaches
, 91

results
, 102–105

social network theories
, 89

sociocultural balance
, 92–93

unravelling meaning sharing using semantic network analysis
, 96–99, 100

Culture
, 91, 116

culture structure
, 115–118

culture/structure duality
, 178–180

Customers
, 114

dimension
, 126

Data
, 70, 95–96

bipartite ego networks
, 72

density of network
, 74

dichotomization rule
, 71

network of association between managers and words
, 73

visualization tools
, 18

Dichotomization rule
, 71

Differentiation
, 19, 24–25

with discourses
, 29–31

Diffusion of concepts and practices
, 42–43

Digital age, organizational networks and meaning in
, 219–221

Digitally enabled ties, meaning flows in
, 220–221

Discourse analysis
, 21–24, 51

Discourses

attraction
, 34–35

combining levels of analysis
, 38

cultural positions
, 37–38

degree of openness
, 35–36

developing integrated
, 34

differentiation with
, 29–31

level of connectivity
, 36–37

recombination of
, 31–34

Discursive positions

of organizations
, 29

simulating discursive positions and social relationships
, 28–29

Dualities
, 148, 165

Duality framework
, 91

Duality of philosophers

correspondence data, figures, and tables
, 204–205

culture/structure duality
, 178–180

Frankfurt School theoretical cores during exile and postwar periods
, 206–208

semantic network intersections
, 208–209

social and cultural cohesiveness of Frankfurt School
, 180–189

structure/culture duality in dyadic social relations
, 189–199

Duality of structure and content
, 8–10

Dutch immigration policy
, 57

Dutch politics field, convergence and divergence in

changing toward difference
, 52–53

data and analysis
, 54–56

issue positions of political parties
, 53

organizational fields
, 50–51

results
, 56–59

settings
, 53–54

text
, 51

Dyadic social relations, structure/culture duality in
, 189

alliance-shifting and Frankfurt School’s fragmentation
, 191–195

expulsion after engaging with Frankfurt core ideas
, 195–199

Economic sociology
, 113–114, 115, 116

Embeddedness and structure of culture
, 115–118

Emotional closeness
, 215, 216

Empowerment
, 23, 144

Environmental protection
, 52

ERGMs. See Exponential random graph models (ERGMs)

Event-based networks
, 214

Event-type interactions
, 217

Event-type ties
, 213–214

Exchange fields
, 52

Exponential random graph models (ERGMs)
, 7, 67, 74–75, 90, 99–102

estimations
, 78

multiplex network analysis using
, 99–102

parameters
, 77–78

Expressive network
, 95, 99

Extra-dyadic

effects of contagion
, 94

Extra-dyadic extension of homophily principle
, 106

Field analysis, traditions in
, 21–24

Field configuration

social processes of
, 24–26

studies of
, 39–40

Flows
, 214

Framing theory
, 54

Frankfurt School
, 180

alliance-shifting and Frankfurt School’s fragmentation
, 191–195

correspondence rates during exile
, 204

correspondence rates postwar
, 205

of Critical Theory
, 179

social cohesiveness declines from exile period to postwar period
, 181–184

theoretical cohesiveness declines from exile period to postwar period
, 187–191

theoretical cohesiveness measurement
, 184–187

theoretical cores during exile and postwar periods
, 206–208

Friedland’s theory of institutional logics
, 150

Frog software
, 55

Gender dimension
, 126

Giddens’ theory of structuration and agency
, 148

Global clustering coefficient
, 79–80

Globalization
, 53

“Gold standard” face-to-face interactions
, 219

Google
, 117–118

Google Scholar
, 147

Granovetter conceptualization
, 215

Graphing logic
, 153

block-model overlaid on correlation map
, 163

BNA approach
, 155

CONCOR algorithm
, 162

domain crossing articulations connecting ideas and practices
, 164

enthusiastically claim
, 157

institutional logic of monastery and members
, 159, 161

order of beliefs
, 156

order of practices
, 158

Heterogeneity
, 53

Homogeneity
, 53

Homophily
, 29, 222

Horkheimer, Max
, 182–183, 199

Immigration
, 53–54, 56

Impression of role
, 220

Individual organizations
, 40–41

Individualistic coloring
, 69

Institut für Sozialforschung (IfS)
, 180

Institutional logic(s)
, 146–151

of monastery and members
, 159, 161

See also Graphing logic

Institutional positioning
, 222

Institutional theory
, 10–11, 115

Instrumental Model
, 102, 104

Instrumental networks
, 95

Integration
, 20, 24, 26, 34, 35

of forms
, 36

Intensity
, 215

dimension
, 218, 220

knowledge sharing
, 217

Interaction ties
, 220

Interactions
, 214, 219

Interorganizational collaboration
, 219

Interpretation
, 39

model estimation and
, 77–78

Interstitial organizations
, 19, 33

Interstitial simulations
, 36

Inverse sociocultural balance
, 93–94

Isomorphic mechanisms
, 50

Issue fields
, 52

Knowledge carriers
, 217

Knowledge sharing

intensity
, 217

meaning in
, 216–218

measurement review
, 228–229

Lemmatization
, 56

Logic(s)

institutional
, 146–151

as local configurations of ritual and belief
, 151–153

See also Graphing logic

Löwenthal, Leo
, 182–183, 195–199

Luxury watchmaking
, 120, 122

Mapping

approach
, 42

relations and meaning system
, 27–28

semantic networks
, 97–98

technique
, 21

Marcuse, Herbert
, 183, 191–195

Market interface, semantic networks and
, 115

data and analysis
, 122

regressions tables on average price
, 132, 133

research setting
, 122–123

results
, 129

social network analysis
, 113–114

theory and hypotheses
, 115–122

Meaning sharing
, 93–94

duality
, 92

using semantic network analysis
, 96–99, 100

Meaning systems
, 51, 61

mapping relations and
, 27–28

simulating and visualizing
, 27

simulating discursive positions and social relationships
, 28–29

Meaning(s)
, 117, 216, 221

in digital age
, 219–221

flows in digitally enabled ties
, 220–221

in knowledge sharing
, 216–218

structures role
, 66

system
, 68

Media coverage
, 128, 134

Media-attributed semantic network betweenness variable
, 125, 129, 134

Media-based semantic networks
, 125

Membership

negotiation
, 222

organizations
, 145

Meta-organizations
, 26

Micro-level interactions
, 24

Micro-principle
, 92

of co-constitution
, 99, 101

of sociocultural structuring
, 92–93

Mimetic mechanism
, 24

Monastery
, 157

Money
, 157

Monte Carlo Markov Chain Maximum Likelihood (MCMCML)
, 77

Multiplex network analysis using ERGMs
, 99–102

Multiplex patterning
, 89

cultural homophily and cultural contagion
, 92

data
, 95–96

empirical setting
, 94–95

inverse sociocultural balance
, 93–94

literature background and hypotheses
, 90

multiplex network analysis using ERGMs
, 99–102

network-analytical approaches
, 91

results
, 102–105

social network theories
, 89

sociocultural balance
, 92–93

unravelling meaning sharing using semantic network analysis
, 96–99, 100

Mutual constitution
, 179

Netdom. See Network-domain

Network-domain
, 114, 120

Network(s)
, 114, 213, 221

analysis
, 21–24, 116, 153

analytical concepts
, 28

graphs
, 157

multiplexity
, 90

network-analytical approaches
, 91

structure of organizational vocabularies
, 67–69

structuring
, 99

theory
, 115

See also Organizational networks; Semantic network

Non-consecrated firms
, 123, 134

“Non-consecrated” organizations
, 118

Nondirected interpersonal networks
, 95

Normative isomorphism mechanism
, 24

Omega
, 120

Online community
, 222

Online context
, 218

Online environment
, 213

Open electoral system
, 54

ORA software
, 125

Organization theory
, 50

Organizational communication flows
, 222

activity coordination
, 222

institutional positioning
, 222–223

membership negotiation
, 222

self-structuring
, 222

Organizational fields
, 18, 50–51

analytical approach
, 18–19

combining meaning systems and relational structures
, 38–39

diffusion of concepts and practices
, 42–43

dynamics
, 20–21

field configuration mechanisms
, 39–40

field configurations
, 19–20

individual organizations
, 40–41

mapping technique
, 21

meaning of relationships
, 40–41

organization types
, 40–41

relational and cultural field configurations
, 29–38

simulating and visualizing meaning systems and relational structure
, 27–29

social processes of field configuration
, 24–26

traditions in field analysis
, 21–24

Organizational form
, 27

Organizational function
, 77

Organizational networks
, 212, 213, 222

communication flows
, 222–223

different ties in organizational social networks
, 213–216

knowledge-sharing measurement review
, 228–229

meaning in knowledge sharing
, 216–218

networks
, 221

notion of meaning in
, 212–213

organizational networks and meaning in digital age
, 219–221

research
, 212

See also Semantic network

Organizational research
, 65–66, 95

Organizational social networks, different ties in
, 213–216

Organizational theory
, 116

Organizational vocabularies
, 66

analysis
, 66–67

data
, 70–74

empirical setting
, 69–70

methodological approach
, 74–75

model estimation and interpretation
, 77–78

network structure of
, 67–69

results
, 78–80

variables and measures
, 75–77

Organizations
, 69, 94–95

creation
, 28–29

types
, 40–41

Part-of-speech tagging
, 56

Participant activity
, 75, 78

Partition diagram
, 174

for individuals
, 176

Party manifestos
, 50, 54–55

Perceptual relations
, 215–216

Performance dimension
, 126

Philosophical schools
, 179

Political parties, issue positions of
, 53

Population ecology
, 115

Porter’s stemming procedure
, 97

PR strategy
, 118

Practice theory
, 148

Practices
, 148

Preferential affiliation
, 75, 78

Price formation
, 119–122

Proximity
, 215, 217

dimension of social ties
, 218

ties
, 221

“Pure” artists
, 98

Refugee (vluchteling)
, 57

Relational class analysis (RCA)
, 154

Relational data
, 27

Relational field configurations
, 29

developing integrated discourse
, 34–38

differentiation with discourses
, 29–31

recombination of discourses
, 31–34

Relationships, meaning of
, 40–41

Religious congregations
, 146

Religious conversion
, 146

Scaling procedure
, 56

Self-presentations
, 27

Self-run creative organizations
, 89–90, 94

Self-structuring
, 222

Semantic network

analysis
, 96–99

control variables
, 127–129

correlation table for consecrated firms
, 130

correlation table for non-consecrated firms
, 131

data and analysis
, 122

intersections
, 208–209

and market interface
, 114

regressions tables on average price
, 132, 133

research setting
, 122–123

results
, 129

social network analysis
, 113–114

theory and hypotheses
, 115–122

See also Organizational networks

Semantic network analysis
, 96–99, 100

Semantic networks and price formation
, 119–122

Semantic relations
, 185

Shared meaning
, 5, 6–7

Similarities
, 214

Simulating discursive positions
, 28–29

Simulating meaning systems and relational structure
, 27–29

Simulations
, 21, 29, 39

Social and cultural duality
, 88–89

framework
, 90–91, 99

Social change
, 23

Social cohesiveness of Frankfurt School
, 180–189

Social embeddedness
, 116

Social impact
, 42

Social media data
, 27

Social network(s)
, 1, 3–4, 69

analysis
, 95, 113–114

theories
, 89

Social processes of field configuration
, 24–26

Social relationships
, 28–29, 40, 42, 214

Social structure
, 68, 90, 94

Social ties
, 178

factors
, 220

intensity dimension
, 215, 218

proximity dimension
, 215, 218

Social ties, multiplex patterning of

cultural homophily and cultural contagion
, 92

data
, 95–96

empirical setting
, 94–95

inverse sociocultural balance
, 93–94

multiple micro-principles
, 88

multiplex network analysis using ERGMs
, 99–102

network-analytical approaches
, 91

social network theories
, 89

sociocultural balance
, 92–93

unravelling meaning sharing using semantic network analysis
, 96–99, 100

Sociocultural balance
, 92–93

inverse
, 93–94

Sociocultural processes
, 114

Sociocultural structures
, 94

Sociolinguistic perspective
, 91

State-based networks
, 214

State-type social relations
, 215, 217

State-type ties
, 213–214

Stream of organizational network literature
, 215

Structural equivalence

participants
, 75, 79

words
, 75, 77, 79

Structural linguistics
, 91

Structure/culture duality in dyadic social relations
, 189

alliance-shifting and Frankfurt School’s fragmentation
, 191–195

expulsion after engaging with Frankfurt core ideas
, 195–199

Subsidiary firm
, 67, 70, 73

Subsidiary firm
, 70

Substances
, 148, 150

Superordinate corporate group
, 67, 71

Techno-material-cultural systems
, 148

Technology dimension
, 126

Text analysis
, 198, 219, 222

Theoretical cohesiveness measurement
, 184–187

Tie strength
, 212, 215, 216, 218

Ties
, 214

interaction
, 220

proximity ties
, 221

strong and weak
, 220–221

Tradition dimension
, 126

Triadic closure
, 93, 99

2-path effects
, 77

Variance inflation factor (VIF)
, 129

Visual analysis
, 27

Visualization
, 39, 41

Visualizing meaning systems and relational structure
, 27–29

Vocabularies
, 66, 67–68

study of
, 68

Voting behavior
, 221

Watchmaker
, 125, 128

intended definitions
, 126

Switzerland and Germany
, 129

Watchmaking
, 122

industry
, 123

World Wide Web
, 41

XPNet-software
, 102