VOLUME ONE Theoretical and Methodological Foundations Urban Families: Conjugal Roles and Social Networks - E. Bott Structural Balance: A Generalization of Heider′s Theory - D. Cartwright and F. Harary Graph Theoretic Methods in the Management Sciences - F. Harary Structural Balance, Mechanical Solidarity and Interpersonal Relations - J. A. Davis Structural Equivalence of Individuals in Social Networks - F. Lorain and H.C. White The Strength of Weak Ties - M.S. Granovetter The Duality of Persons and Groups - R.L. Breiger Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness - M.S. Granovetter Social Networks as Normal Science - N.P. Hummon and K. Carley Social Capital Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital - J.S. Coleman Bowling Alone: America′s Declining Social Capital - R.D. Putnam Resources and Relationships: Social Networks and Mobility in the Workplace - J.M. Podolny and J. Baron Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage - J. Nahapiet and S. Ghoshal Social Capital and Value Creation: The Role of Intrafirm Networks - W. Tsai and S. Ghoshal The Two Meanings of Social Capital - A. Portes Group Social Capital and Group Effectiveness: The Role of Informal Socializing Ties - H. Oh, C. Myung Ho and G. Labianca Second-hand Brokerage: Evidence on the Importance of Local Structure for Managers, Bankers and Analysts - R. Burt VOLUME TWO Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Structural Holes The Strength of Strong Ties: Social Networks and Intergroup Conflict in Organizations - E. Reed Nelson The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge Across Organization Subunits - M. T. Hansen Bridging Ties: A Source of Firm Heterogeneity in Competitive Capabilities - B. McEvily and A. Zaheer Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study - G. Ahuja Network Memory: The Influence of Past and Current Networks on Performance - G. Soda, A. Usai and A. Zaheer Can you have your Cake and Eat it too? Structural Holes′ Influence on Status Accumulation and Market Performance in Collaborative Networks - A. Shipilov and S. Li Centrality and Power Centrality in Social Networks: II. Experimental Results - L.C. Freeman, D. Roeder and R.R. Mulholland Being in the Right Place: A Structural Analysis of Individual Influence in an Organization - D.J. Brass Assessing the Political Landscape: Structure, Cognition and Power in Organizations - D. Krackhardt The Social Organization of Conspiracy: Illegal Networks in the Heavy Electrical Equipment Industry - W.E. Baker and R.R. Faulkner Two Routes to Influence: Integrating Leader-Member Exchange and Social Network Perspectives - R.T. Sparrowe and R. Liden At the Margins: A Distinctiveness Approach to the Social Identity and Social Networks of Underrepresented Groups - A. Mehra, M. Kilduff and D.J. Brass VOLUME THREE Network Structures: Small Worlds and Diffusion The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians - J. Coleman, E. Katz and H. Menzel An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem - J. Travers and S. Milgram Informal Networks and Organizational Crises: An Experimental Simulation - D. Krackhardt and R. Stern Agents without Principles? The Spread of the Takeover Defense through the Intercorporate Network - G.F. Davis Networks, Dynamics and the Small-World Phenomenon - D.J. Watts The Small World of Germany and the Durability of National Networks - B. Kogut and G. Walker Where do Small Worlds Come From? - J. A. C. Baum, A.V. Shipilov and T. Rowley Collaboration and Creativity: The Small World Problem - B. Uzzi and J. Spiro A Small World after all? Network Perceptions versus Reality - M. Kilduff, C. Crossland, W. Tsai and D. Krackhardt Identity and Cognition in Social Networks Learning a Social Structure - B. Clinton DeSoto Filling in the Blanks: A Theory of Cognitive Categories and the Structure of Social Relations - L.C. Freeman Systematic Biases in Social Perception - E.A. Kumbasar, K. Romney and W.H. Batchelder Bringing the Individual back in: A Structural Analysis of the Internal Market for Reputation in Organizations - M. Kilduff and D. Krackhardt Whether Close or Far: Social Distance Effects on Perceived Balance in Friendship Networks - D. Krackhardt and M. Kilduff Social Networks Schemas and the Learning of Incomplete Networks - G. Janicik and R.P. Larrick VOLUME FOUR Individual Differences and Social Networks Homophily and Differential Returns: Sex Differences in Network Structure and Access in an Advertising Firm - H. Ibarra The Friendship Network as a Decision Making Resource: Dispositional Moderators of Social Influences on organizational Choice - M. Kilduff The Social Networks of High and Low Self-Monitors: Implications for Workplace Performance - A. Mehra, M. Kilduff, M and D.J. Brass How do they get there? An Examination of the Antecedents of Centrality in Team Networks - K. J. Klein et al Social Networks, the Tertius Iungens Orientation, and Involvement in Innovation - D. Obstfeld Network Dynamics The Snowball Effect: Turnover Embedded - D. Krackhardt and L.W. Porter Network Dyads in Entrepreneurial Settings: A Study of the Governance of Exchange Relations - A. Larson Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology - W. W. Powell, K. W. Koput and L. Smith-Doerr Director Reputation, CEO-Board Power, and the Dynamics of Board Interlocks - E.J. Zajac and J. D. Westphal Where do Inter-Organizational Networks come from? - R. Gulati and M. Gargiulo Legitimacy Building in the Evolution of Small-Firm Multilateral Networks: A Comparative Study of Success and Demise - S.E. Human and K.G. Provan Friends or Strangers? Firm-specific Uncertainty, Market Uncertainty and Network Partner Selection - C. Beckman, P. Haunschild and D. Phillips