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<div dir="ltr">If you&#39;re interested in this area of research, please feel free to join the LinkedIn group dedicated to Negative Ties in Networks: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=4410044">https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=4410044</a><div><br></div><div>There is also an ongoing track at the Sunbelt conference on negative ties and signed graphs -- feel free to join us at the next conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Kamal Badar <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1509%26L%3DSOCNET%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D1039856%26B%3D--94eb2c07c35eea3179052082da80%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">*****  To join INSNA, visit <a href="http://www.insna.org" target="_blank">http://www.insna.org</a>  *****
<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>Literature on work place gossip talks about network ties and their relation to positive/negative work place gossip (e.g. Ellwardt, Steglich &amp; Wittek, 2012; Ellwardt, Labianca &amp; Witteka, 2012 ; Grosser, Lopez-Kidwell &amp; Labianca, 2010). Mostly studies consider the association of multiplex network ties of positive valance (e.g. friendship-instrumental ties) with positive/negative gossip or ties solely of positive valance and their association with positive/negative gossip. </div><div><br></div><div>The literature is surprisingly silent when it comes to negative ties (e.g. dislike) and ambivalent multiplex ties (e.g. friendship-hindrance) and their relation to positive/negative gossip. Even recommendations for future research in many research studies is silent.  </div><div><br></div><div>What might be the reason? Or is there actually some research available? Is is REALLY an avenue to explore or am I thinking in the wrong direction?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards              </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Dr. Kamal Badar</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Assistant Professor (TTS)</font><div><div><font color="#0000ff">HEC Approved Ph.D. Supervisor</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Institute of Management Sciences<br>University of Balochistan<br></font></div></div><div><font color="#0000ff">Quetta, Pakistan. </font></div></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://sc.hec.gov.pk/aphds/Submit.asp?supid=6913" target="_blank">http://sc.hec.gov.pk/aphds/Submit.asp?supid=6913</a></font><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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