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<div dir="ltr">Aloha SOCNET community,<br><br>I am looking for existing research indicating that in some cases, bridging and/or brokerage may cause economic disadvantages for individuals, particularly when or if there are strong network subgroups which may &quot;penalize&quot; brokers for associating with other groups. <div><br></div><div>I am very familiar with Burt&#39;s work on brokerage, but my primary takeaway from it is that occupying brokerage positions is thought to be a source of social capital expected to generate benefits. I am looking for theoretical and/or empirical evidence that suggests the opposite - i.e., people who broker are significantly less productive (economically), particularly when/if there are strong network subgroups that may cause brokers (defined as individuals who bridge these network subgroups) to be socially ostracized for associating with other groups.<div><div><br></div><div>If anyone can point me in the direction of existing research (in any field) that sheds light on this sort of effect, it would be much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance for your time,</div><div>Michele Barnes-Mauthe</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman, serif">Michele Barnes-Mauthe</font><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Research Assistant, PhD Candidate</font></div><div><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research</font></span></div><div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">University of Hawaii at Manoa</font></div><div><a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1411%26L%3DSOCNET%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D645741%26B%3D--001a11c23220713a9305079de880%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></font></a></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Interested in marine resource management? Check out our new publications on ethnic diversity and social network structure in Hawaii&#39;s longline fishery here:<font color="#888888"> </font></span><a href="http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art23/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art23/</a><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, the global economic value of shark ecotourism here</span><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">: </font><a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=8956430" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=8956430</a><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, </span><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and the total economic value of small-scale fisheries and their contribution to sustainable livelihoods here:</font><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </font><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783613001537" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783613001537</a></font></div></div></div>
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