Prominence in a Network of Communication
Work Relations in a Children's Psychiatric Hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith R Blau (State University of New York at Albany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-251 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01010.x |
| OpenAlex | W1981664977 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 49 |
Colleague consultation in professional organizations is both important and commonplace. One consequence of consultation is that some individuals acquire more prominence than others in the work contact networks. The literature suggests that variation in prominence depends on personal characteristics, such as occupation, education, ascribed traits, and activities both inside and outside the organization. Using sociometric data for the staff members of a psychiatric hospital for children, various hypotheses dealing with the effects of personal attributes are examined. An alternative explanation is that social relations within and between organizational subunits influence the likelihood that subunit members will be prominent in the hospital-wide communication network. The analysis indicates that these subunit relations have direct effects on prominence and also mediate the effects of certain personal characteristics
Personal network · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Variation (astronomy) · Work (physics) · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology
The social psychology of organizations
Foundations of social research
Organizations
Power
Men and women of the corporation
Prestige and association in an urban community
The Psychiatric Hospital as a Small Society
Power
Men and their work
Exchange and Power in Social Life
Power
Expertise and Power in Professional Organizations
Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification
Informant accuracy in social network data IV
Relational equilibrium in a social topology
A Contingency Model of Influence in Organizational Decision-Making
Exchange and power in social life
The Decomposition of Effects in Path Analysis
Power, Influence and Social Circles
Access to Interorganizational Networks as a Professional Resource
Sex and Authority in the Workplace
Professionalization and Bureaucratization
Organization Structure and Communications
Organizations as Semilattices
Work and Society
Some effects of certain communication patterns on group performance
Central Problems in Social Theory
The Structure of Adult Friendship Choices
Multiplexity in Adult Friendships
Informant Accuracy in Social Network Data
Models of Network Structure
Paradoxical consequences of excess in structural complexity
Rationality and Equity in Professional Networks
Subjective Social Distance, Occupational Stratification, and Forms of Status and Class Consciousness
Models of Bureaucracy Which Permit Conflict
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2005 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |