Embedded Brokerage: Hubs Versus Locals

Burt, Ronald S.; Merluzzi, Jennifer

doi:10.1108/s0733-558x(2014)0000040008

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“…Furthermore, as people shape their attitudes, opinions experiences and abilities mostly through their social networks contacts, the larger the number of people that individuals with high betweenness centrality are able to influence, the faster the information flow throughout social network (Burt and Merluzzi 2013). In networks where social status is not related to the ability of conveying information to less connected people, on the other hand, opinion leaders tend to conform highly to their systems' social norms (Rogers 2003).…”

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Are opinion leaders important to spread information to cope with extreme droughts in (all) irrigation systems? A network analysis

Bueno

2015

Scientometrics

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We propose that the ability of opinion leaders of influencing ordinary farmers to adopt more sustainable practices in irrigation systems during extremely dry periods depends on the type of social network in which they are embedded. We show that in disassortative networks, where influent people link preferentially to relatively disconnected ones, e.g., in large gravity-fed irrigation systems, opinion leaders can be important to encourage the adoption of sustainable practices because they tend to present relatively high betweenness centrality scores, which indicates a greater ability to bridge clusters of otherwise disconnected people. In assortative networks, i.e., in networks in which people tend to connect to other similar individuals, on the other hand, it seems that the ability of leaders to influence other people is not directly related to their betweeenness centrality degree. We conclude than that betweenness centrality is a source of influence only in disassortative networks, that additionally present low clustering coefficients. This suggests that opinion leaders may be important to help bridge the informational gap between agencies and stakeholders in some, but not in all, irrigation systems, in order to pave the way for the adoption of measures to cope with extreme droughts, like the one Brazil is currently experiencing.

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Are opinion leaders important to spread information to cope with extreme droughts in (all) irrigation systems? A network analysis

Bueno

2015

Scientometrics

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“…Hargadon 1998;Kauffeld-Monz and Fritsch 2008;Burt and Merluzzi 2013). Hargadon 1998;Kauffeld-Monz and Fritsch 2008;Burt and Merluzzi 2013).…”

Section: Brokers In the Context Of Small-scale Agricultural Activitiementioning

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“…Though Burt and Merluzzi (2013) emphasizes the role of status in locating actors in brokerage positions, Deephouse and Suchman (2008) noted that status, reputation and legitimacy share many antecedents, consequences, measures and processes. It is therefore important to examine the other measures as these concepts are intertwined and are a determinant of status.…”

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“…They add that status generates cliques, esteem and privileges, is honorific, emphasizes cultural capital and deference in a profession. Burt and Merluzzi (2013) noted that high status improves the likelihood that an actor will be a successful broker. The status of an actor may be measured by the number of people (who are themselves widely cited) that have cited the actor as a preferred contact relative to the people that could have cited the personthe expert to whom experts turn (Podolny 1993).…”

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“…Burt and Merluzzi (2013) noted that high status improves the likelihood that an actor will be a successful broker. Burt and Merluzzi (2013) made a comparison between job rank and status in informal settings and argued that just as structural holes are embedded in formal organizations, they can also be found in informal settings. Burt (2005) argues that higher job ranks are associated with less routine work and more political, strategic and bureaucratic authority.…”

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Embedded Brokerage: Hubs Versus Locals

Cited by 57 publications

References 42 publications

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