To this day, the Internet holds the promise of uniting all people in a global communication network. However, in recent … fragmentation of the Internet. Drawing on network theory, this article retraces the conflicts and developments that have shaped the … to consolidate power over subnetworks are changing the structures of the global network. This change is accompanied by a …

Combining mentoring theory with social network theory, this study investigates the formation of mentoring networks. In … mentoring network characteristics. Protégé's self-monitoring orientation predicted the tie strength in his or her mentoring … network. Results support the statement that personality variables predict the structure of social networks. In addition …

Network theory and research have identified the powerful dynamic of homophily whereby individuals are more likely to … evidence linking homophily to both elite group closure and lower‐status self‐segregating social withdrawal to propose a new … dynamic of middle‐status ambivalence toward homophily, generating a greater propensity toward diversity. Indian society offers …

such as expertise, homophily, and trustworthiness between the sender and the receiver positively and significantly …

homophily and heterophily based structure of interactions. As an approximation of agents' behaviours households' expenditures …

influencing purchase intention of fashion brands. The findings also confirm the role of homophily, trustworthiness, expertness …

dimensions of our identity ('homophily'). Lab studies of network formation games have found that adherence to social norms of … reciprocity and inequity aversion are also drivers of network choices. No study so far has attempted to investigate the role of … both homophily and social norms in a controlled environment. At the beginning of our experiment, each player fills in a …

Homophily—the tendency of individuals to associate with similar others—is one of the most persistent findings in … research on interpersonal interaction. Literature has recently also studied the impact of homophily in crowdfunding markets … (Greenberg & Mollick, 2017). While these results offer valuable insights into the dimension sex, homophily is a multidimensional …