A Network Analysis of Social Contagion Processes in an Organizational Intervention

Interventions aimed at changing the psychological attributes of individuals who form a social system may be limited by reliance on models and methods which do not account for the effects of social interaction on individual attributes. The use of network analysis to model the effects of social contagion on personal attributes is demonstrated in an evaluation of an organizational intervention. Sociometric indices of the norms created by social contagion predicted subjects' self-perceptions better than either expectations imposed on them in small groups or their own observable behavior. Social contagion stabilized the subjects' self-perceptions over time, despite the efforts of the intervention to change their self-perceptions through small group socialization and organizational restructuring. Network models of social contagion may provide useful tools for the design and evaluation of interventions that aim to change the attributes of individuals who form social systems. Further, these models theoretically integrate social relations and social cognition in a manner that helps to bridge the sociological and psychological study of human relations

Bridge (graph theory · Economics · Emotional contagion · Intervention (counseling · Perception · Political science · Psychological intervention · Restructuring · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social relation · Socialization · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

• Risk Communication for the Future

  Open Access•Mathilde Bourrier, Corinne Bieder•Risk Communication for the Future•2018

  Incluir item

• A Social Network Contagion Theory of Risk Perception

  Open Access•Clifford W Scherer, Hichang Cho•Risk Analysis•2003

  Incluir item

• Structural Cohesion, Role Equivalence, or Homophily

  Open Access•Ignacio Ramos‐vidal•International Journal of…•2022

  Incluir item

• The emergence of homogeneity and heterogeneity in knowledge structures during a planned organizational change

  Timothy Kuhn, Steven R Corman•Communication Monographs•2003

  Incluir item

• Shared work values and team member effectiveness

  Open Access•Li-Fang Chou, Li‐Fang Chou et al.•Human Relations•2008

  Incluir item

• Case Study Research

  Open Access•Ruth A Anderson, Benjamin F Crabtree et al.•Qualitative Health Research•2005

  Incluir item

• Handbook of Social Psychology

  Daniel Todd Gilbert, Gardner Lindzey et al.•Handbook of Social Psychology•2012

  Incluir item

• Advances In Experimental Social Psychology

  Bertram Gawronski•Advances in Experimental Social…•2022

  Incluir item

• Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences

  James P Stevens•Applied Multivariate Statistics…•2012

  Incluir item

• Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences

  James P Stevens•Applied Multivariate Statistics…•2001

  Incluir item

• A New Look at Dissonance Theory

  Joel Cooper, Russell H Fazio•Advances in Experimental Social…•1984

  Incluir item

• Toward a theory of behavioral contagion.

  Ladd Wheeler•Psychological Review•1966

  Incluir item

• Self-Perception Theory

  Daryl J Bem•Advances in Experimental Social…•1972

  Incluir item

• The psychology of interpersonal relations.

  Fritz Heider•1958

  Incluir item

• Toward a structural theory of action

  Ronald S Burt•Toward a structural theory of…•1982

  Incluir item

• A Theory of Psychological Reactance

  Elliot G Mishler•Psychosomatic Medicine•1968

  Incluir item

• The psychology of social impact

  Bibb Latane•American Psychologist•1981

  Incluir item

• Developing the competitive organization

  Michael Beer, Elise Walton•American Psychologist•1990

  Incluir item

• Mind and Self in Society

  David L Morgan, Michael L Schwalbe et al.•Social Psychology Quarterly•1990

  Incluir item

• The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians

  James Coleman, J J Coleman et al.•Sociometry•1957

  Incluir item

• Communication network influences on information diffusion and persuasion

  Mieneke W Weenig, C J H Midden et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•1991

  Incluir item

• Network Analysis in Organizational Settings

  Open Access•Noel Tichy, Noel M Tichy et al.•Human Relations•1979

  Incluir item

• Toward an integration of some models and theories of social response

  Paul R Nail•Psychological Bulletin•1986

  Incluir item

• Testing a structural model of perception

  Open Access•R S Burt, P Doreian•Quality & Quantity•1982

  Incluir item

• Social contagion of binge eating

  Christian S Crandall•Journal of Personality and Social…•1988

  Incluir item

• The Friends and Supporters of Psychotherapy

  Charles Kadushin•American Sociological Review•1966

  Incluir item

• Mental Health and the Interpersonal Environment

  Charles Kadushin•American Sociological Review•1983

  Incluir item

• Social Influence Model

  Sarah Tanford, Steven Penrod•Psychological Bulletin•1984

  Incluir item

• Applied Network Analysis

  Open Access•R S Burt•Sociological Methods & Research•1978

  Incluir item

• Network Approaches to Social Evaluation

  C David Gartrell, C Gartrell•Annual Review of Sociology•1987

  Incluir item

• Models of Network Structure

  R S Burt•Annual Review of Sociology•1980

  Incluir item

• Social Contagion and Innovation

  R S Burt•American Journal of Sociology•1987

  Incluir item

• The Strength of Weak Ties

  Mark Granovetter, Mark S Granovetter•American Journal of Sociology•1973

  Incluir item