Bonds and Bridges: A Critique (A10)
According to Good (1988) and Gulati (1995), trust is the product of the repeated meeting of actors. This claim jeopardizes...
Structural Holes (A9)
Burt (1992) argued that networks benefit from having structural hole-spanning members. Diverse resources can flow through such actors into the...
“Brokers” and “Bonds”/“Boundary Spanners” (A8)
The following diagrams depict “Brokers” and “bonds” or “boundary spanners” (Burt 1992).
Granovetter’s Advantageous Imbalance (A7)
The following diagram describes Granovetter’s advantageous imbalance.
Putnam’s Connection Types (A6)
This diagram conveys the binary classification of connection types proposed by Putnam.
Dyson’s Bond and Bridge Networks (A5)
The following diagram is an “egocentric sociogram”. It depicts James Dyson’s bond and bridge network.
Traits of Networks (A3)
The content of the following table derives mostly from the excellent work of Conway and Steward (2009). It defines the...
“Social Capital”: from M*rx to Putnam (A2)
In the influential theorizing of Putnam (2000) and Coleman (1988), the term has undergone elision and is nowadays suggestive more...