On the Edge or In Between: Niche Position, Niche Overlap, and the Duration of Voluntary Association Memberships

Popielarz, Pamela A.; McPherson, J. Miller

doi:10.1086/230757

Cited by 238 publications

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“…Individuals who pursue this strategy must be prepared to bear the additional costs generated by bridging differences (Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl, 2000;Popielarz and McPherson, 1995). For example, Davis, Renzulli, and Aldrich (2006) found that nascent entrepreneurs who wished to increase the diversity of their social networks derived few benefi ts from simply joining a diverse set of voluntary associations.…”

Section: Bridges and Short Cutsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small worlds, infinite possibilities? How social networks affect entrepreneurial team formation and search

Aldrich

Kim

2007

Strategic Entrepreneurship

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Section: Bridges and Short Cutsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small worlds, infinite possibilities? How social networks affect entrepreneurial team formation and search

Aldrich

Kim

2007

Strategic Entrepreneurship

286

178

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“…Such groups have the potential to act as bridges across demographic categories by providing opportunities for interaction that would otherwise be absent [34,35]. Thus, they can help to reduce societal cleavages that may result in conflict or inequality, bringing together individuals of disparate social backgrounds according to shared interests or goals.…”

Section: Theoretical Basis: Sociological Perspectives On Social Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competition and the Dynamics of Group Affiliation

Geard

Bullock

2010

Advs. Complex Syst.

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How can we understand the interaction between the social network topology of a population and the patterns of group affiliation in that population? Each aspect influences the other: social networks provide the conduits via which groups recruit new members, and groups provide the context in which new social ties are formed. Given that the resources of individuals are finite, groups can be considered to compete with one another for the time and energy of their members. Such competition is likely to have an impact on the way in which social structure and group affiliation co-evolve. While many social simulation models exhibit group formation as a part of their behaviour (e.g., opinion clusters or converged cultures), models that explicitly focus on group affiliation are less common. We describe and explore the behaviour of a model in which, distinct from most current models, individual nodes can belong to multiple groups simultaneously. By varying the capacity of individuals to belong to groups, and the costs associated with group membership, we explore the effect of different levels of competition on population structure and group dynamics.

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“…[14][15][16][17] Voluntary organizations in particular, such as the SELECT studied here, historically are characterized by extreme racial and gender segregation. 23 Transitive and homophilous effects have important implications for both team viability and team task performance. Voluntary organizations lose more quickly those members who are not typical of that group.…”

Section: Methods and Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Voluntary organizations lose more quickly those members who are not typical of that group. 23 If a team cannot recruit and retain members beyond a narrow network of friends, it will have difficulty surviving in the long term. 23 Homophilous effects have the potential to both facilitate and constrain the flow of resources and information.…”

Section: Methods and Theorymentioning

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Leadership, Management, and Diversity: Missed Opportunities Within Student Design Competition Teams

Walden

Foor

Pan

et al.

2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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Engineering competition teams provide some students the opportunity to design authentic engineering artifacts, manage budgets and logistics, exercise engineering analysis and decision making, build an engineering artifact and develop and practice professional skills. In a research study examining the cultures, structure, composition, and processes of a variety of Student Experiential Learning Engineering Competition Teams (SELECT), we collected data from teams from multiple institutions and a variety of design competitions. The data from the teams consists of interviews of team members and advisors, team documents, and other public artifacts. This paper examines two SELECT teams from the same institution as representatives of other teams from their particular design competitions. We found differences between the teams in recruiting, team structure and organization, student leadership, faculty advisors, expectations for commitment, integration into academic structure (capstone), and focus on competition success.

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On the Edge or In Between: Niche Position, Niche Overlap, and the Duration of Voluntary Association Memberships

Cited by 238 publications

References 36 publications

Small worlds, infinite possibilities? How social networks affect entrepreneurial team formation and search

Small worlds, infinite possibilities? How social networks affect entrepreneurial team formation and search

Competition and the Dynamics of Group Affiliation

Leadership, Management, and Diversity: Missed Opportunities Within Student Design Competition Teams

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