Soc 4 Quiz

Front 1

Granovetter defines the "strength" of an interpersonal tie as a combination of four elements. List two or recognize any or all of them.

Back 1

1. Favors

2. Intimacy

3. Strong Feelings

4. Time Together

Hint 1

F.I.S.T

Front 2

If S is the set of all persons with ties to either A or B or both of them, what is the relationship between the strength of the tie between A and B and the proportion of individuals in S who have ties to A and B?

Back 2

Positive relationship

Front 3

What does it mean to say that a tie is a "bridge"?

Back 3

A line in a network providing the only path between two points.

Front 4

What is the relationship between the strength of a tie and the likelihood that the tie serves as a bridge? Are strong tires or weak ties more likely to serve as bridges?

Back 4

Weak ties

Front 5

What does it mean to say that bridging ties differ in degree?

Back 5

It depends on the number of steps

Front 6

Why are weak ties more important mechanisms for the diffusion of information than strong ties?

Back 6

Information spreads more quickly through weak ties.

Front 7

According to Podolny and Baron, a clear social identity is facilitated by what kind of networks?

Back 7

Smaller networks display high closure and cohesiveness.

Front 8

According to Burt, to what extent does ego derive unique information from a particular alter?

Back 8

To the extent that alter is disconnected from other ego's in network.

Front 9

Burt uses the term structural hole to indicate what?

Back 9

Lack of connections

Front 10

Poldolny and Baron use the term direct ties to refer to what?

Back 10

Ego's own connections

Front 11

Podolny and Baron use the term indirect ties to refer to what?

Back 11

Alter's own connections

Front 12

According to Podolny and Baron, the number of direct ties should have what kind of effect on upward mobility within the organization - positive or negative?

Back 12

Positive

Front 13

According to Burt, what should and individual do to maximize information and control?

Back 13

Maximize size and non-redundancy

Front 14

According to Podolny and Baron, the number of indirect ties should have what kind of effect on upward mobility within the organization - positive or negative?

Back 14

Negative

Front 15

What conceptions do Podolny and Baron see looming in the background of this theory?

Back 15

Market-based conception

Front 16

In the view of Podolny and Baron, Burt's market-based theory of control obscures several fundamental features of informal networks in organizations. What are these fundamental features?

Back 16

Promote ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY

Front 17

What do Podolny and Baron mean when they refer to ties as determinants of identity?

Back 17

Clear normative framework

Front 18

According to Podolny and Baron, what Burt doesn't seem to acknowledge is that in the organization, a dense, redundant network of ties is often a precondition for what?

Back 18

DEVELOPING TRUST AND SUPPORT

Front 19

What leads Podolny and Baron to predict that a buy-in-network with structural holes adversely affects job performance, mobility, and well-being at work?

Back 19

UNABLE TO DEVELOP COHERENT IDENTITY

Front 20

What are positioned-centered ties induced by?

Back 20

Organizational structure

Front 21

What are person-centered ties induced by?

Back 21

Interpersonal attraction/trust

Front 22

Which of the following ties are more "portable" in the sense of being more to be retained after the individual shifts positions?

a. FORMAL REPORTING RELATIONS

b. TASK ADVICE TIES

c. PERSON-CENTERED TIES

Back 22

C. PERSON CENTERED TIES

Front 23

Podolny and Baron agree with Burt that structural holes are beneficial for what kind of networks?

Back 23

CONDUITS OF RESOURCES

Front 24

For what kind of ties are structural holes not beneficial to mobility?

Back 24

CONDUITS OF NORMATIVE EXPECTATIONS

Front 25

Podolny and Baron focus on five types of social relations that illustrate the diversity of ties observed in work organizations. What are they?

Back 25

(1) Task Advice

(2) Buy In

(3) Social Support

(4) Strategic Information

(5) Mentorship

Front 26

If mentorship is a source of resources, then what would be the most valuable mentor tie?

Back 26

Someone not tied to ego's contacts

Front 27

A view of mentorship that emphasized the identity based content of mentor protege ties rather than their task related content suggests the opposite prediction, which is what?

Back 27

A mentor not in your buy-in networks weakens upward mobility

Front 28

To analyze mobility, Podolny and Baron model the probability of what?

Back 28

A GRADE SHIFT

Front 29

Of the 229 individuals in Podolny and Baron's mobility analysis, what proportion experienced at least one grade shift over the one-year period analyzed - 10%, 25%, 50%, or 75%?

Back 29

25%

Front 30

Podolny and Baron examine three properties of ego's task-advice network. What are they?

Back 30

(1) Size

(2) Density

(3) Durability

Front 31

What reason do Podolny and Baron give for predicting that a large-less dense task advice network facilitates advancement?

Back 31

Task advice is a resource flow.

Front 32

Which do the authors predict will be more valuable - task-advice ties formed before ego's most recent grade shift, or task-advice ties formed after ego's most recent grade shift?

Back 32

Task-advice ties formed AFTER ego's most recent grade shift.

Front 33

What reason do Podolny and Baron give for expecting the value of strategic information networks to increase network size and sparseness (structural holes)?

Back 33

Because strategic information is a resource

Front 34

What leads Podolny and Baron to predict the value of this network for mobility should not decline with average tie duration?

Back 34

Organizational gossip networks with person to person ties

Front 35

Under what circumstances was Podolny and Barons outcome variable coded 1?

Back 35

A promotion over the one year window

Front 36

Podolny and Baron report that their findings are consistent with Burt's theory in a number of ways. Be ready to list one.

Back 36

Large information networks that lack indirect ties promote upward mobility

Front 37

In table 3, the size of the buy in networks has a negative effect on mobility, whereas the number of indirect ties among those within this fate control network has a positive effect. How do Podolny and Baron interpret these findings?

Back 37

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Front 38

Which is more important in getting ahead, according to Podolny and Baron - Having a mentor, or being close to people with control over your fate?

Back 38

People with control over your fate

Front 39

According to the authors, among which respondents was job satisfaction lowest?

Back 39

Those with LARGE BUY IN NETWORKS

Front 40

For which ties are the effects of structural holes on promotion positive - for ties that convey resources and information, or for ties that transmit identity and expectations?

Back 40

Ties that convey resources and information.

Front 41

THE OPERATION OF LABOR MARKETS

Back 41

More likely to get jobs from weak ties

Front 42

URBAN AND COMMUNITY STUDIES

Back 42

COMMUNITIES CONSIST OF NETWORKS

Front 43

THEORIES OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Back 43

NETWORK OF PEOPLE

Front 44

PREFERRED LEVELS OF ANALYSIS

Back 44

WEAK TIES CAN LINK DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN SMALL GROUPS