Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
series
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is a Network?
1.1 Basic Network Concepts
1.2 Adjacency Matrices, Graphs, and Notation
1.3 Nodes and Links
1.4 Good will Hunting Problem
1.5 Formal and Informal Networks
1.6 Summary
Chapter 1 Lab Exercise
References
Chapter 2: Centrality Measures
2.1 What is “Centrality” and Why do we Study IT?
2.2 Calculating Nodal Centrality Measures
2.3 Directed Networks and Centrality Measures
2.4 Location in the Network
2.5 Summary
Chapter 2 Lab Exercise
References
Chapter 3: Graph Level Measures
3.1 Density
3.2 Diameter
3.3 Centralization
3.4 Average Centralities
3.5 Network Topology
3.6 Summary
Chapter 3 Lab Exercise
References
Chapter 4: Social Links
4.1 Individual Actors
4.2 Social Exchange Theory
4.3 Social Forces
4.4 Graph Structure
4.5 Agent Optimization Strategies in Networks
4.6 Hierarchy of Social Link Motivation
4.7 Summary
References
Chapter 5: Subgroup Analysis
5.1 Subgroups
5.2 Organizational Theory
5.3 Random Groups
5.4 Heuristics for Subgroup Identification
5.5 Analysis Methods
5.6 Summary
Chapter 5 Lab Exercise
References
Chapter 6: Diffusion and Influence
6.1 Applications for Social Diffusion
6.2 Strain Theory
6.3 Social Context
6.4 Group Impacts on Diffusion
6.5 Network Structure and Diffusion
6.6 Group Influence Strategies and Bases of Power
6.7 Summary
References
Chapter 7: Meta-Networks and Relational Algebra
7.1 Modes of Data
7.2 Source, Target, Direction
7.3 Multimode Networks
7.4 Bridging a Meta-Network
7.5 Strength of Ties
7.6 Summary
Chapter 7 Lab Exercise
References
Chapter 8: Sources of Data
8.1 Network Sampling
8.2 Measuring Links
8.3 Data Quality
8.4 Additional Ethnographic Data Collection Methods
8.5 Anonymity Issues
8.6 Summary
References
Chapter 9: Organizational Risk
9.1 What is Risk?
9.2 Measures of Centrality and Risk
9.3 Other Risk Measures
9.4 The Right Network: Efficient Versus Learning/Adaptive
9.5 Network Threats and Vulnerabilities
9.6 Thickening a Network
9.7 Thinning a Network
9.8 Process of Organizational Risk Analysis
9.9 Summary of Main Points
Chapter 9 Lab Exercise
References
Appendix A: Matrix Algebra Primer
Appendix B: Tables of Data and Networks
Appendix C: Five Points of a Graph
Index