Intra-organizational network research had its first heyday during the empirical revolution in
social sciences before World War II when it discovered the informal group within the formal …

A recent theoretical development within the social sciences has been the emergence of the
social capital research program. This is a program on relational resources, their creation …

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 …

La méthode «structurale» ider à reconnaître les propriétés structurales des ensembles
sociaux est une des contributions de la sociologie. Pour ce faire, la méthode dite …

This article investigates the effects of information originating from social networks on the
development of interpersonal trust relations in the context of a dialysis department of a Dutch …

Daily collaboration of senior doctors, residents and nurses involves a major potential for
sharing knowledge between professionals. Therefore, more attention needs to be paid to …

Abstract “Trust in embedded settings” investigates the mechanisms through which social
networks influence decisions in trust problems. People often find themselves in situations in …

Social capital increases the efficiency of one's labor. This is a major implication of the
research program of social capital theory (Flap 2002, and this volume). In analogy to ideas …

The association between informal social relations and performance on the job was noticed
early in sociological research, namely in the famous Hawthorne studies in the 1930s (see …