The role of personal networks in the labour insertion of weak jobseekers

The “author” is a concept central to many publication and documentation practices, often carrying legal, professional, social, and personal importance. Typically viewed as the solitary owner of their creations, a person is held responsible for their work and positioned to receive the praise and criticism that may emerge in its wake. Although the role of the individual within creative production is undeniable, literary (Foucault 1977; Bloom 1997) and knowledge organization (Moulaison et. al. 2014) theorists have challenged the view that the work of one person can-or should-be fully detached from their professional and personal networks. As these relationships often provide important context and reveal the role of community in the creation of new things, their absence from catalog records presents a falsely simplified view of the creative process. Here, we address the consequences of what we call the “author-as-owner” concept and suggest that an “author-as-node” approach, which situates an author within their networks of influence, may allow for more relational representation within knowledge organization systems, a framing that emphasizes rather than erases the messy complexities that affect the production of new objects and ideas.

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Charles Hutton and the ‘Dissensions’ of 1783–84: scientific networking and its failures

Notes and Records the Royal Society journal of the history of science ◽

10.1098/rsnr.2016.0016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 41-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Benjamin Sutherland Wardhaugh

Keyword(s):

Royal Society ◽

Personal Networks

This paper proposes a fresh look at the ‘Dissensions’ that held up scientific business at the Royal Society during the spring of 1784. It focuses attention on the career and personal networks of Charles Hutton, whose dismissal from the role of Foreign Secretary ignited the row. It shows that the incident had no single cause but was the outcome of several factors that made Hutton intolerable to Joseph Banks, President of the Society, and of several factors that made Banks unpopular as President among a group of about 40 otherwise rather disparate Fellows.

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The Community Role of Schools in Jicamarca and Villa El Salvador (Peru): Crosscutting Behavior Settings in Personal Networks

Psychosocial Intervention ◽

10.5093/pi2018a3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Isidro Maya-Jariego ◽

Daniel Holgado ◽

Esperanza Márquez ◽

Francisco J. Santolaya

Keyword(s):

El Salvador ◽

Personal Networks ◽

Behavior Settings

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Social Interaction Technologies

Social Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-984-7.ch106 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1648-1660

Author(s):

Jiehua Huang ◽

Iiris Aaltio

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Women Managers ◽

Social Capital Theory ◽

Personal Networks ◽

Management Tool ◽

Capital Theory ◽

Web Based ◽

Professional Networking

This chapter explores a relationship between social interaction technologies (SIT) and guanxi, a major Chinese informal style of networking, in the context of the careers of women managers in the information technology (IT) field in China. Addressing women’s under-representation in non-traditional occupations (such as IT), prior research has established that networking, especially informal, is an important career management tool for women. Recent advances in social capital theory and social network analysis provide a framework for understanding the role of social processes in achieving career success. Today, the growing Web-based social and professional networking in China weighs against the traditional forms of relationships, such as personal networks based on guanxi. The study indicates that SIT and guanxi should be viewed as complementary rather than mutually exclusive influences.

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Exploring the Role of Social Software in Higher Education

Social Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-984-7.ch066 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1030-1044

Author(s):

Yoni Ryan ◽

Robert Fitzgerald

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Personal Networks ◽

Social Software ◽

Instructional Designers ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

The Social ◽

Peer Engagement ◽

Teaching In Higher Education ◽

A Current

This chapter considers the potential of social software to support learning in higher education. It outlines a current project funded by the then Australian Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, now the Australian Learning and Teaching COuncil (ALTC) (http://www.altc. edu.au/carrick/go) to explore the role of social software in supporting peer engagement and group learning. The project has established a series of pilot projects that examine ways in which social software can provide students with opportunities to engage with their peers in a discourse that explores, interrogates and provides a supplementary social ground for their in-class learning. Finding creative ways of using technology to expand and enrich the social base of learning in higher education will become increasingly important to lecturers and instructional designers alike. This project represents one small step in testing the applicability of social software to these contexts. While many of our students are already using various technologies to maintain and develop their personal networks, it remains to be seen if these offer viable uses in more scholarly settings.

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