Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in
human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we …

To date, most network research contains one or more of five major problems. First, it tends to
be atheoretical, ignoring the various social theories that contain network implications …

Annotation Praise for the First Edition:[̀I] recommend this book to anyone who is seriously
interested in organizational communication... It is a unique and outstanding work …

▪ Abstract Since mathematical sociology was firmly established in the 1960s, it has grown
tremendously. Today it has an impressive scope and deals with topical problems of social …

Increased interest in longitudinal social networks and the recognition that visualization
fosters theoretical insight create a need for dynamic network visualizations, or network …

The theory of network generation I present predicts actor selection and retention in forming
an advice network. The research question explored is whom do people contact when …

Social Networks and Trust discusses two possible explanations for the emergence of trust
via social networks. If network members can sanction untrustworthiness of actors, these …

When entrepreneurs enter structural holes in networks, they can exploit the related benefits.
Evidence for these benefits has steadily accumulated. The authors ask whether those who …

We propose a class of actor-oriented statistical models for closed social networks in general,
and friendship networks in particular. The models are random utility models developed …

Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now
have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing …