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From: Yoshi Kashima [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:19 AM
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Subject: Call for papers - special issue on Social Network Processes

Dear Colleagues,

I am sending a call for papers. Please share this with others who may be
interested.

For those who are unfamiliar with the journal, Asian Journal of Social
Psychology is a flagship journal of the Asian Association of Social
Psychology published by Blackwell (indexed in SSCI, PsychINFO, etc). Its
home page is
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1367-2223

My apologies if you have received multiple copies; I'm sending this to
several list serves.

Sincerely,

Yoshi Kashima
Department of Psychology
The University of Melbourne
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Call for Papers - Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Special Issue on Social Network Processes

Guest Editor:    Garry L. Robins, Department of Psychology, The
University of Melbourne
Editor:              Yoshi Kashima, Department of Psychology, The
University of Melbourne

Starting with Fritz Heider's ground breaking theorizing and the
communication network research of 1940's and 1950's, social network
processes have been an integral part of theoretical and empirical
development in social psychology. Yet, despite the long history of
research, social network processes have often been a neglected topic due
partly to the lack of methodological tools and the difficulty of
experimentation. However, with recent developments in social network
theories and methodology, the significance of social networks in social
processes has begun to be recognized in many areas of social science.
People embedded in supportive social networks are often healthier than
those who lack them; work-related behaviours in the organizational
setting are often shaped by workers' social networks; the recent
expansion of information technology has made people's social networks
richer and more complex than before; and social networks often embed
social capital that people can draw on to enhance their living standards
(e.g., through education) and potentially shape their national
socio-economic development. In this special issue, the relevance of
social network processes for social psychology - especially for Asian
social psychology - is explored and significant recent developments in
social network research are canvassed. We call for such contributions
from social psychologists and social network researchers around the
world.

Potential topics include theoretical, empirical, and methodological
issues surrounding social network research and data analysis, and
varieties of applications of social network perspectives on such topics
as physical and mental health, organizational behaviour, community
psychology, information technology, and social capital.

The submission due date is 30 June 2006. Please send all submissions to
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clearly stating that your submission is intended for the special issue
on Social Network Processes. Enquiries may be sent to the
editors: Garry Robins
(<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]) or Yoshi Kashima
(<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]),
both of whom are at the Department of Psychology, the University of
Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia.

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