Reorganization and Tie Decay Choices
Reorganization and Tie Decay Choices
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10.2139/ssrn.2566940
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2016-10
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Adam M. Kleinbaum
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作者：
Adam M. Kleinbaum
尽管大多数关于网络演化的研究都集中在交互机会在新关系形成中的作用，但本文讨论了关系衰减选择。当机会结构被重组时，社会参与者根据他们过去的关系经验来选择保留哪些关系，允许哪些关系消失。我认为，以机会的变化为条件，人们（尤其是那些具有马基雅维利性格的人）选择保留与有价值的联系人的联系，他们保留互惠的联系（特别是与高度同理心的他人），并且他们保留嵌入社会的联系（特别是如果他们的自我监控能力较低）。利用随机自然实验的实证设计证实了这些假设，并表明我们对关系衰减选择的理解以及因此对网络进化的理解通过涵盖社会结构和社会心理学的综合理论视角得到了增强。这篇论文被 Olav Sorenson 组织接受。
Whereas most research on network evolution has focused on the role of interaction opportunities in the formation of new ties, this paper addresses tie decay choices. When the opportunity structure gets reorganized, social actors make choices about which ties to retain and which to allow to decay, informed by their past experience of the tie. I argue that, conditional on changes in opportunity, people (especially those with Machiavellian personalities) choose to retain ties to valuable contacts, they retain reciprocated ties (especially with highly empathic others), and they retain socially embedded ties (especially if they are low self-monitors). The empirical design, which exploits a randomized natural experiment, confirms these hypotheses and suggests that our understanding of tie decay choices—and, consequently, of network evolution—is enhanced by an integrated theoretical perspective that encompasses both social structure and social psychology. This paper was accepted by Olav Sorenson, organizations.