We raise two challenges concerning the validity of arguments underlying Granovetter's
strength of weak ties (SWT) thesis:(a) whether weak ties are actually bridges, ie, they help …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a rapid shift to full-
time remote work for many information workers. Viewing this shift as a natural experiment in …

This paper explores the characteristics of mobile social media marketing adoption in the
context of digital natives via an extended Mobile Technology Acceptance Model …

Abstract Research Summary Software platforms create value by cultivating an ecosystem of
complementary products and services. Existing explanations for how a prospective …

Metaverse architects face challenges akin to urban planners develo** a new city: multiple
stakeholders must coordinate on technical standards for interoperability and establish social …

Popular accounts in both social science and society claim that unemployment goes together
with social withdrawal. However, empirical support for this conclusion is largely derived from …

A central concern of the cognitive science of language since its origins has been the concept
of the linguistic system. Recent approaches to the system concept in language point to the …

Adjunct to the preceding excerpt from Structural Holes, this chapter's goal is to provide a
capstone summarizing where we are on Structural Holes' subject of network brokerage, and …

Theorists have proposed that a value of close friends and family—strong ties—is the ability
to confide in them when facing difficult issues. But close relationships are complicated, and …

Personal networks undergo change in response to major life course events. Individual,
relational, and network characteristics that influence network instability in the absence of a …