| Member Profile : John Skvoretz |
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John Skvoretz
University of South Florida, Sociology
4202 E Fowler Ave. CPR 107
Tampa, FL, United States 33620-5550
Phone : 813-974-7288
Fax : 813-974-6455
E-mail : jskvoretz@usf.edu
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| Sunbelt XXIX - March 10 to March 15, 2009 - Bahia Hotel | | Abstract : Reciprocity and Homophily: Generalised Exchange as a Result of Group Identification versus Dyadic Exchange as a Basis of Group Cohesion |
| Dyadic reciprocity and exchange – the direct exchange of resources of the same or different kind – have often been conceived as universal local mechanisms driving the formation of ties. Nevertheless social theory provides conflicting arguments whether such forces should be stronger for intergroup than intragroup ties, once the differential propensity of actors to send and receive ties is taken into account. The force towards reciprocity has often been assumed to work even more profoundly among homogeneous actors – actors belonging to the same category – than among heterogeneous actors, and it has been considered an indicator of strong ties (cf. Granovetter’s strength of weak ties). On the other hand, following the generalized exchange and trust arguments of Coleman, social identification might make persons less concerned with direct and dyadic return of favors. In this paper we combine both types of arguments to examine group specific differences in reciprocity and exchange for different types of ties and different types of attributes. |
| Sunbelt XXX - June 29 to July 04, 2010 - Riva del Garda Fierecongressi | | Abstract : CTSA Consortium Structure and Organization: Results from a Social Network Analysis of Archival Data |
| One major funding initiative of USA’s National Institutes of Health, the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) program, awards large multi-year grants to create definable academic homes for clinical and translational research. The program intends to transform the local, regional, and national environment to increase the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research across the country. The consortium is a confederation of the 46 medical research institutions who currently have received awards under this program (out of a total of 60 when fully implemented in 2012). I use social network analysis to examine the consortium’s organization and structure in terms of the linkages formed between CTSA institutions and government agencies through their representatives’ participation in various committees and workgroups defining the operational framework of the consortium. The advantage accruing to early awardees is highlighted as well as the importance to the overall connectivity of the consortium of certain workgroups and committees. |
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