Individuals’ power and their social network accuracy: A situated cognition perspective

Marineau, Joshua E.; Labianca, Giuseppe; Brass, Daniel J.; Borgatti, Stephen P.; Vecchi, Patrizia

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2018.01.006

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“…In recent years, a wide body of literature has growth with the objective to determine the influence that some personality variables (e.g., extroversion and neuroticism) exert on the variability of the network structure and on individual performance in social networks. Lastly, the comparative analysis of behavioral—real—social networks versus the cognitive—perceptual—evaluation of social networks could be a promising field of research for understanding the relational factors impacting the degree of power that individuals achieve in a variety of social contexts [58,59,60].…”

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A Relational View of Psychological Empowerment and Sense of Community in Academic Contexts: A Preliminary Study

Ramos-Vidal

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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Scholars need to pay attention to understand the factors that shape the interactions between individuals and social groups. Constructs like Psychological Sense of Community (PSoC) and Psychological Empowerment (PE) are powerful constructs used to evaluate the antecedents and the consequences of individual attachment to social settings. In parallel, recent advances in network analysis show that the position occupied within whole networks and ego-centric networks are relational factors that affect the subjective perception of membership to social groups. Studies that are conducted in organizational and community settings show strong associations between PSoC and PE. However, these connections have rarely been evaluated within natural settings such as the classroom context. On the other hand, although the theoretic basis of PSoC and PE claims that both processes are formed in a relational way, there are few studies that empirically evaluate the effects of social connectedness on the emergence of PSoC—referred to the classroom—and PE referred to academic-task development. The aim of this research is to determine the effects that the position occupied in formal and informal exchange networks induce on PSoC and PE dimensions. Sixty-four students enrolled in a master degree program (women = 68.8%, Mean age = 26.09, SD = 3.88) participated in this cross-sectional study. Multivariate analyses and network analyses were performed to test the hypotheses under study. The main research finding is that PSoC and PE are synergistic constructs that mutually shape to each other. In relational terms, by sending several nominations in informal networks, it is possible to generate notable impacts on some PSoC dimensions, while receipt of a wide number of nominations in formal contact networks is associated with high levels of PE. In addition, individuals who present high levels of PE are located in the core of formal exchange networks. These results are discussed in order to design actions to increase PSoC and PE in postgraduate academic settings.

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confidence: 99%

A Relational View of Psychological Empowerment and Sense of Community in Academic Contexts: A Preliminary Study

Ramos-Vidal

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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“…This research approach focuses on the individual background as a whole, without positioning the individual or organization into a particular variable or hypothesis. In other words, making the individual or organization as a whole as a whole [21]- [23].…”

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Galampa as Public Space on Fishermen Societies in Holimombo Jaya Village on Eastern Coast of Buton Island

Ahmadin¹,

Amiruddin²

2018

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2018)

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Public space not only belongs to modern society in urban areas, but also has become part of the pattern of life in rural communities including fishermen living in coastal areas. Compared to urban public spaces of a general and impermanent nature, in the village there exists a fixed place and possesses certain sacred values. This paper examines the Galampa as a public space for fishing communities in Holimombo Jaya Village on the Eastern Coast of Buton Island. Galampa as a public space is a representation of the world that is always adjacent and located in the east of the mosque. This public space is a space or community meeting hall to discuss various matters relating to social, economic, and cultural activities of the community. In its history, the effective Galamba functioned in the social life of the local community in Buton, drawing on the concept of public space discussed by Habermas. The study focuses on the function and role of Galampa in the social, cultural, and economic life of the community and the implication of the institution's presence in solving various problems.

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“…Traditional expert finding algorithms assume a positive correlation between the authority level of an expert and the relevance of his/her authored research to the related query (Wang et al, ;Zhu et al, 2014). Because of the development of information technology and online social networks, network analysis has suggested that the social network structure can influence the behaviour of a group (Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2010;Guo, Shi, & Jin, 2017;Lesser, Naamani-Dery, Kalech, & Elovici, 2017;Marineau, Labianca, Brass, et al, 2018;Mcmillan, Felmlee, & Osgood, 2018;Ott, Light, Clark, & Barnett, 2018;Richey, 2008;Verduyn, Ybarra, Résibois, Jonides, & Kross, 2017). Apparently, traditional expert finding algorithms did not consider the social influence or the importance of the structure of the social network to which experts belonged.…”

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Authority updating: An expert authority evaluation algorithm considering post‐evaluation and power indices in social networks

Shi

Guo

2020

Expert Systems

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In group assessment, the focus is on finding high-authority experts to improve the reliability of assessment results. In this study, we propose an authority updating algorithm while considering the power and judgement reliability of an expert on the basis of social networks and post-evaluations. A network power index is established and used to reflect the power of an expert while considering social networks. The measurement of the judgement reliability of an expert considers the post-evaluation of the objects selected by experts, thereby more scientifically reflecting the reliability of experts. The analysis shows the following: although the social-network structure influences the authority of experts, the influence weakens when the assessment group is a highly or even fully connected group; the network effect may increase the authority of some experts and reduce that of others, and it will weaken as the network connectivity increases; moreover, the judgement reliability and authority of an expert while considering post-evaluation can encourage him/her to make fair assessments and strive to reduce his/her motivation and cognitive biases.

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Individuals’ power and their social network accuracy: A situated cognition perspective

Cited by 41 publications

References 63 publications

A Relational View of Psychological Empowerment and Sense of Community in Academic Contexts: A Preliminary Study

A Relational View of Psychological Empowerment and Sense of Community in Academic Contexts: A Preliminary Study

Galampa as Public Space on Fishermen Societies in Holimombo Jaya Village on Eastern Coast of Buton Island

Authority updating: An expert authority evaluation algorithm considering post‐evaluation and power indices in social networks

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