How to model an institution

Mohr, John W.; White, Harrison C.

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“…7. Index-plot for the six groups, mobility students' careers Through the studying of the mobility among faculties/courses as a population migration and thinking of the institution (Sapienza) as a multitude of elements, variously connected among each other (Mohr and White 2008), the Social Network Analysis (SNA) tools are used to identify structure characteristics of the mobility (Graph 8).…”

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Research on Students' Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis

D'Alessandro¹,

Decataldo²

2016

Sociologia E Ricerca Sociale

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Research on Students' Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis

D'Alessandro¹,

Decataldo²

2016

Sociologia E Ricerca Sociale

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“…First, the feedback processes which are at the core of the models make them particularly suitable for analyzing longitudinal, chronically reproduced (Jepperson 1991) processes such as diffusion and institutionalization. In other words, they explicitly model dynamic "systems of interaction" (Schelling 1978: 14) among actors, wherein actor level "micromotives" and population level "macrobehaviors" are continuously influenced by each other (Mohr and White 2008, Powell and Colyvas 2008, Zucker 1977. Second, agent based models do not require audiences to directly and explicitly influence actor decision making.…”

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Diffusion as Classification

Etzion

2014

Organization Science

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An overlooked aspect of the diffusion of a practice in a population is the emergence of a de facto classificatory schema, distinguishing between actors that adopt a practice and those that do not. To investigate diffusion as classification, I develop a simulation model that highlights the conditions under which limited diffusion of practices leads to the emergence and entrenchment of classificatory schemas. The model depicts classification as a systemic phenomenon resulting from the interplay of actor-level micromotives and field-level macrobehaviors that jointly drive diffusion. Whereas extant theory on the origin of classificatory schemas emphasizes the role of agency, results from the model suggest that classificatory schemas can emerge somewhat unintentionally as practices diffuse. Moreover, by conceptualizing diffusion as classification, I suggest a means for disentangling the closely related and often conflated concepts of diffusion and institutionalization

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“…32 MOHR -WHITE (2008), p. 493. We may make up stories alone (e.g., in diary entries), or in conversation with others (e.g., in gossip), or we may learn them from other sources (e.g., onlookers, the media).…”

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“…To illustrate this idea, this paper will offer two brief case studies to suggest some ways in which we might view ancient evidence for ritual activity through the prism of a social network theory. In some ways both of these 39 The difficulty of defining institutions is discussed by MOHR -WHITE (2008), p. 488. 40 It comprises a series of dualities: at the individual level, between mind and body; at the group level, between story and network; at the institutional level, between rhetoric and systems of social organisation: see MOHR -WHITE (2008), p. 496, and the Indian caste system, p. 496-500.…”

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Networks and Narratives: A Model for Ancient Greek Religion*

Eidinow¹

2011

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Polis religion has become the dominant model for the description of ritual activity in ancient Greek communities. Indeed, scholars have invoked polis religion to try to resolve the much-debated question of the definition of magic vs. religion, arguing that particular 'magical' practices, and their practitioners, do not belong to 'collective polis religion.' However, the relationship to polis religion of a 'magical' practice such as the writing of binding spells is surely more ambiguous, as well as of other cult activity relating (in various ways) to the worship of Dionysos. Further examination suggests that defining what it means for ritual activity to be integrated within the schema of polis religion becomes increasingly difficult as we examine the variety of cult organisations and the different levels and types of involvement by the polis. This paper argues that social network theory may be able to overcome these conceptual difficulties. This approach can offer an alternative, more fluid construction of ancient Greek religion, which allows us to take account of coexisting, sometimes overlapping, networks of ritual activities.Résumé : La polis religion est devenue le modèle dominant pour décrire l'activité rituelle des communautés de la Grèce antique. En fait, les chercheurs ont invoqué cette notion pour tenter de résoudre la question très débattue de la définition de la « magie » en regard de la « religion », en assumant que les pratiques magiques et leurs acteurs n'appartenaient pas à la religion collective de la polis. Néanmois, la relation entre polis religion et pratique « magique » comme l'écriture de defixiones, est certainement plus complexe, tout autant que d'autres activités cultuelles, comme celles qui relèvent du culte de Dionysos, et ce de diverses manières. Un examen approfondi montre qu'il devient difficile de définir ce que cela suppose, pour une activité rituelle, d'être intégrée au schéma de la polis religion quand on analyse la variété des organisations cultuelles et les différents niveaux et types d'implication de la polis. Cet article montre que la social network theory permet de dépasser ces difficultés conceptuelles. Une telle approche offre une construction alternative, plus fluide, de la religion grecque antique, en permettant de prendre en compte des réseaux d'activités rituelles qui coexistent et se recouvrent parfois.

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How to model an institution

Cited by 195 publications

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Research on Students' Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis

Research on Students' Performance in Higher Education through Sequence Analysis

Diffusion as Classification

Networks and Narratives: A Model for Ancient Greek Religion*

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