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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Indeed, following up on Jessica: Burt's concept of redundancy is a key mechanism for disengagement from a local network cluster and for the establishment of new ties to other network clusters. Burt -- Structural Holes Myself and others have studied long-term network dynamics resulting from such actions: Ryall & Sorenson (2007) in Management Science Buskens & van de Rijt (2008) in American Journal of Sociology Reagans & Zuckerman (2008) in Industrial & Corporate Change Kleinberg, Suri, Tardos & Wexler (2008) in ACM Proc EC08 And, again following Jessica, another mechanism is balance, namely if a cluster contains imbalances, severing some ties is a balancing strategy. Heider 1946, 1958 Cartwright & Harary 1956 Again, several studies have investigated the long-term network dynamics of balance: Hummon & Doreian (2003) Social Networks Antal et al (2005) in Phys Review E Kulakowsky et a. (2005) in Int Journ Mod Phys C Ludwig & Abell (2009) Journal of Math Soc Marvel et al. (2009) Phys Rev Letters Montgomery (2009) Journ of Math Soc Leskovec et al (2010) CHI2010 Szell et al. (2010) PNAS Van de Rijt (2011) Journal of Math Soc Zheng et al. (2014) Inf Sys Front On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Jessica Methot <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > Hi, > > You may want to take a look at the following: > > *Ahuja, G., Soda, G., & Zaheer, A. 2012. The genesis and dynamics of > organizational networks. Organization Science, 23(2): 434-448.* > > *Sasovova, Z., Mehra, A., Borgatti, S. P., & Schippers, M. C. 2010. > Network churn: The effects of self-monitoring personality on brokerage > dynamics. Administrative Science Quarterly, 55: 639-670.* > > Also, *Martin Kilduff and Wenpin Tsai (Social Networks and Organizations, > 2003, Chapter 5)* present an interesting theory about network > trajectories, whereby they consider network changes as a function of two > processes: Goal-directedness (relationships develop and evolve around > specific goals that members share) and serendipitous (such that network > trajectories develop relatively haphazardly, with no specific goals driving > interaction processes). > > Finally, work on balance theory might help, e.g., *Hummon, N. P., & > Doreian, P. 2003. Some dynamics of social balance processes: Bringing > Heider back into balance theory. Social Networks, 25: 17-49. * > > Good luck! > > Best, > Jessica > > > On Jun 18, 2015, at 9:14 PM, nativebuddha <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > Okay. For instance, a person is in one peer group, and he/she decides to > leave that group of friends for a new group. I'm less interested in the > rational actor/cost-benefit approach and looking for something that > considers factors that hold the person back from exiting, such as group > cohesion. What are the structural reasons in a network that keeps someone > from leaving, and/or allows them to enter a new network of friends? > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Jordi Comas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi- >> >> Can you be more specific? Most theories would have to do with the nature >> of the relationships in that network. Also, the boundary specification >> matters. Like, a computer is unlikely to exit one network of computers and >> join a power grid network. My point is that why are the two networks >> similar enough that the "agent" would consider leaving one and joining >> another? Both networks must have some larger, non-structural or relational >> sameness or else it is kind of a meaningless question. >> >> Jordi >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:55 PM, nativebuddha <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** >>> Hi, >>> >>> Looking for theory that helps describe when an agent exits one network >>> for another (why?). >>> >>> Any help much appreciated. >>> >>> -nb >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social >>> network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an >>> email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE >>> SOCNET in the body of the message. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Jordi Comas* >> >> >> >> *"There is nothing so practical as a good theory." 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