UNIVERSITY SOCIAL-STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS AMONG SCIENTISTS
UNIVERSITY SOCIAL-STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS AMONG SCIENTISTS
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DOI：
10.1086/226708
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发表时间：
1978-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
FRIEDKIN, NE
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作者：
FRIEDKIN, NE
研究结果描述了美国一所精英大学的六个物理科学系的教师之间的研究交流模式。研究结果为修正和扩展彼得·布劳关于大学社会结构与大学教师交流模式之间关系的分析提供了基础。Blau认为在大学社区内形成综合性的多学科社交网络是非常有问题的;他认为学术部门是大学内综合性社交网络的主要场所。我的研究结果表明，学术部门是不合适的单位来描述大学教师之间的研究交流模式，至少在物理科学，大学的社会结构可以培养一个综合的社会网络，这是多学科的组成。建议介绍了大学社会结构的各个方面的综合性多学科社交网络的形成。概述了大学在促进科学精英的一致性方面的作用。
Findings are presented that describe the pattern of research communication among faculty in the six physical science departments of an elite American university. The findings provide a basis for modifying and extending Peter Blau's analysis of the relationship between university social structure and the pattern of communication among university faculty. Blau regards the formation of integrative multidisciplinary social networks within university communities as highly problematic; he suggests that academic departments are the primary site of integrative social networks within universities. My findings suggest that academic departments are not appropriate units for describing the pattern of research communication among university faculty, at least in the physical sciences, and that university social structure can foster an integrative social network which is multidisciplinary in composition. Proposals are introduced that relate facets of university social structure to the formation of integrative multidisciplinary social networks. A perspective on the role of universities in fostering the coherence of the scientific elite is outlined.