TY - JOUR
T1 - Social network analysis
T2 - Foundations and frontiers on advantage
AU - Burt, Ronald S.
AU - Kilduff, Martin
AU - Tasselli, Stefano
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - We provide an overview of social network analysis focusing on network advantage as a lens that touches on much of the area. For reasons of good data and abundant research, we draw heavily on studies of people in organizations. Advantage is traced to network structure as a proxy for the distribution of variably sticky information in a population. The network around a person indicates the person's access and control in the distribution. Advantage is a function of information breadth, timing, and arbitrage. Advantage is manifest in higher odds of proposing good ideas, more positive evaluations and recognition, higher compensation, and faster promotions. We discuss frontiers of advantage contingent on personality, cognition, embeddedness, and dynamics.
AB - We provide an overview of social network analysis focusing on network advantage as a lens that touches on much of the area. For reasons of good data and abundant research, we draw heavily on studies of people in organizations. Advantage is traced to network structure as a proxy for the distribution of variably sticky information in a population. The network around a person indicates the person's access and control in the distribution. Advantage is a function of information breadth, timing, and arbitrage. Advantage is manifest in higher odds of proposing good ideas, more positive evaluations and recognition, higher compensation, and faster promotions. We discuss frontiers of advantage contingent on personality, cognition, embeddedness, and dynamics.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84872461605
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143828
DO - 10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143828
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23282056
SN - 0066-4308
VL - 64
SP - 527
EP - 547
JO - Annual Review of Psychology
JF - Annual Review of Psychology
ER -