TY - CHAP
T1 - Social network research
T2 - Confusions, criticisms, and controversies
AU - Borgatti, Stephen P.
AU - Brass, Daniel J.
AU - Halgin, Daniel S.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Is social network analysis just measures and methods with no theory? We attempt to clarify some confusions, address some previous critiques and controversies surrounding the issues of structure, human agency, endogeneity, tie content, network change, and context, and add a few critiques of our own. We use these issues as an opportunity to discuss the fundamental characteristics of network theory and to provide our thoughts on opportunities for future research in social network analysis.
AB - Is social network analysis just measures and methods with no theory? We attempt to clarify some confusions, address some previous critiques and controversies surrounding the issues of structure, human agency, endogeneity, tie content, network change, and context, and add a few critiques of our own. We use these issues as an opportunity to discuss the fundamental characteristics of network theory and to provide our thoughts on opportunities for future research in social network analysis.
KW - Agency
KW - Endogeneity
KW - Network dynamics
KW - Network theory
KW - Structure
KW - Tie content
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U2 - 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040001
DO - 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040001
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84901454089
SN - 9781783507511
T3 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
SP - 1
EP - 29
BT - Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks
ER -