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Network centrality and negative ties in feminine and masculine occupations.
- Source :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Management; Mar2023, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p243-264, 22p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Negative ties and gender (as a contextual variable) have remained under-studied in the social networks research in management. Drawing on occupational gender-typing theory, the paper hypothesizes that the relationship between indegree centrality of employees in a positive ties-based network and their tendency to cite their colleagues in negative ties differs in a feminine and a masculine occupation. Using network data from two organizations in India, the paper shows that in a feminine occupation (nursing), the higher the indegree centrality of the employees in a positive ties-based network, the less likely are they to cite negative ties whereas, in a masculine occupation (mining), the higher the indegree centrality of the employees in a positive ties-based network, more likely are they to cite negative ties. We make a theoretical contribution by extending the occupational gender-typing theory in social networks research by theorizing and examining the distinctive effects of the context – feminine and masculine occupations – on networks and work relations. We also discuss the managerial implications of the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL network theory
CENTRALITY
SOCIAL networks
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02174561
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161898954
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-021-09785-7