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Are the Ambitions for Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice Being Fulfilled? A Social Network Analysis of Citations of Journals Publishing Group Research.
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Group Dynamics . Sep2017, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p178-185. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We examined the centrality of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice in the communication network of major journals publishing group research. We used document citation analysis, a bibliographic approach based on citation frequency, to determine the degree of relationship among the journals publishing group research. A 23 by 23 cocitation matrix was analyzed using NetDraw and UCINET. The resulting social network analysis showed that Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice: (a) occupied a central place in the journal's communication network; (b) had a betweenness centrality index (indicating a journal's linking role within the social network) that was 3 standard deviations greater than the sample's average betweenness centrality index; and (c) had the same number of communication links as higher- impact journals like the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Applied Psychology. These results suggest that Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice occupies a "favored position" in the communication network of the journals publishing group research. The communication network would tend to disintegrate if Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice was removed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10892699
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Group Dynamics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125491651
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000070