Personal Networks

Author : Bernice Pescosolido
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108839975
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Networks written by Bernice Pescosolido and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines classic and cutting-edge scholarship on personal social networks. A must-have resource for both newcomers and seasoned experts.

Author : Karin Wall
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134995263X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families and Personal Networks written by Karin Wall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically assesses the main features of the modernization of family life and personal relationships by examining and comparing three European countries with different social and political pathways: Portugal, Switzerland and Lithuania. Drawing on national surveys of family trajectories and social networks, the contributors highlight personal and family relationships through the lens of network and life course perspectives as well as gender and generational perspectives. Providing innovative, comparative findings on families and personal networks through the use of diverse methodologies, this edited collection will be of interest to scholars, students and policymakers across a range of social science disciplines.

Author : Malcolm R. Parks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351554522
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Relationships and Personal Networks written by Malcolm R. Parks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effort to understand personal relationships has traditionally focused on the individual characteristics of participants. Personal Relationships and Personal Networks takes this analysis a step further, focusing on research linking participants' feelings and actions within a given personal relationship to the larger social context surrounding it. Author Malcolm R. Parks expands on the idea that the initiation, development, maintenance, and dissolution of relationships are inextricably connected to each participant's social network-a perspective that allows for a better appreciation of our connection to the world, and a greater understanding our significant power as social actors. This book offers a new way to consider basic notions about how relationships form, such as how particular people meet, and how relationships are started. Among many findings, the volume demonstrates that individuals in relationships feel closer and generally more connected when they also have a greater amount of contact with the members of each other's personal networks and when they believe that network members support their relationship. Additional topics discussed include how this social context model is applicable to different types of relationships; how participants interact with network members; how social networks are involved in the deterioration of personal relationships; and what drives change in relationships. Students, researchers, and professionals in a wide variety of disciplines such as communication, psychology, sociology, anthropology, family studies, clinical psychology, public health nursing, education, and social work will find this book useful, as will anyone seeking to better understand their own personal relationships.

Author : Ronald S. Burt
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191610097
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neighbor Networks written by Ronald S. Burt and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: "Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing." This advice is contrary to the usual social network emphasis on securing relations with well-connected people. Neighbor Networks examines the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers, and finds that rewards, in fact, do go to people with well-connected colleagues. Look around your organization. The individuals doing well tend to be affiliated with well-connected colleagues. However, the advantage obvious to the naked eye is misleading. It disappears when an individual's own characteristics are held constant. Well-connected people do not have to affiliate with people who have nothing to offer. This book shows that affiliation with well-connected people adds stability but no advantage to a person's own connections. Advantage is concentrated in people who are themselves well connected. This book is a trail of argument and evidence that leads to the conclusion that individuals make a lot of their own network advantage. The social psychology of networks moves to center stage and personal responsibility emerges as a key theme. In the end, the social is affirmed, but with an emphasis on individual agency and the social psychology of networks. The research gives new emphasis to Coleman's initial image of social capital as a forcing function for human capital. This book is for academics and researchers of organizational and network studies interested in a new angle on familiar data, and as a supplemental reading in graduate courses on social networks, stratification, or organizations. A variety of research settings are studied, and diverse theoretical perspectives are taken. The book's argument and evidence are supported by ample appendices for readers interested in background details.

Author : Claire Bidart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108841430
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living in Networks written by Claire Bidart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative study examining how relationships and personal networks evolve throughout life, and how these connect individuals and society.

Author : Claude S. Fischer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226251381
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Dwell Among Friends written by Claude S. Fischer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1982-04-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the influence of urban life on society compares and contrasts personal relationships in large cities with those in small towns.

Author : Jelena Misic
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470986417
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wireless Personal Area Networks written by Jelena Misic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs), including suggestions to improve performance and comparisons with the related 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) standard. It assesses the suitability of the standard for the development and deployment of wireless sensor networks as well as providing guidance and insight into the relative advantages and disadvantages of various performance solutions. Wireless Personal Area Networks: Provides a comprehensive, in-depth look at the issues surrounding WPAN network operation and performance. Investigates multi-cluster networks and compares how they can be implemented. Analyzes the performance of a single cluster under different traffic and power management regimes including uplink vs. downlink traffic, acknowledged vs. unacknowledged traffic, saturation vs. non-saturation, and the like. Discusses security issues in WPANs such as different security threats, their impact on performance, standard security mechanisms, and security policies. Compares the IEEE 802.15.4 standard with the related Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1 standard in terms of suitability for implementing wireless sensor networks. This reference is a valuable tool for developers and researchers getting acquainted with various aspects of IEEE 802.15.4 technology. Graduate students studying courses such as Performance Evaluation, Wireless Sensor Networks and Queuing Theory will also find this book very insightful.

Author : Rob Cross
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195347883
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networks in the Knowledge Economy written by Rob Cross and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's de-layered, knowledge-intensive organizations, most work of importance is heavily reliant on informal networks of employees within organizations. However, most organizations do not know how to effectively analyze this informal structure in ways that can have a positive impact on organizational performance. Networks in the Knowledge Economy is a collection of readings on the application of social network analysis to managerial concerns. Social network analysis (SNA), a set of analytic tools that can be used to map networks of relationships, allows one to conduct very powerful assessments of information sharing within a network with relatively little effort. This approach makes the invisible web of relationships between people visible, helping managers make informed decisions for improving both their own and their group's performance. Networks in the Knowledge Economy is specifically concerned with networks inside of organizations and addresses three critical areas in the study of social networks: Social Networks as Important Individual and Organizational Assets, Social Network Implications for Knowledge Creation and Sharing, and Managerial Implications of Social Networks in Organizations. Professionals and students alike will find this book especially valuable, as it provides readings on the application of social network analysis that reflect managerial concerns.

Author : Silvia Domínguez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107027926
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mixed Methods Social Networks Research written by Silvia Domínguez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume demonstrates the potential of mixed-methods designs for the research of social networks and the utilization of social networks for other research. Mixing methods applies to the combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. In social network research, mixing methods also applies to the combination of structural and actor-oriented approaches. The volume provides readers with methodological concepts to guide mixed-method network studies with precise research designs and methods to investigate social networks of various sorts. Each chapter describes the research design used and discusses the strengths of the methods for that particular field and for specific outcomes.

Author : Thomas W. Valente
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195301013
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Networks and Health written by Thomas W. Valente and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the major theories, methods, models, and findings of social network analysis research and application with attention to medical and public health topics.