Relational instability at the network core: Support dynamics in developmental networks

✍ Scribed by Jonathon N. Cummings; Monica C. Higgins

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 144 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-8733
• DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2005.04.003

✦ Synopsis

We present a descriptive model of developmental networks -interpersonal ties who take an active interest in and concerted action to advance one's career -and argue that both network structure and relational content are necessary for understanding how individuals receive early career support. By following 77 MBA graduates over three time periods (N = 977 ties), we find evidence for an inner-outer core network structure in which ties providing high psychosocial support and low career support populate the inner core.