New on the Block: Analyzing Network Selection Trajectories in a Prison Treatment Program.

ABSTRACT: Personal network change is largely driven by transitions between the groups and organizations where people spend their day-to-day lives. But, how do entrants choose which relationships to pursue among the numerous possibilities a new environment offers? We expect newcomers will use the same mechanisms as longer-tenured members, although this will take time as they acclimate and form initial relationships that support future ties. Thus, our goal is to understand how the network selection processes used by new organizational members shift in importance as time in the organization grows. We focus on network selection via homophily, propinquity, formal relations, and endogenous network processes. For each mechanism, we distinguish between change in the strength of the mechanism and opportuniti

SUBMITTER: Schaefer DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294336 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature