scholarly journals Socio-cultural network of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas and Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys

2016 ◽  
pp. 136-159
Author(s):  
Agnė Čepaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The West ◽  
Post Offices ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact

The article is based on a universal social network theory. It also offers a socio-cultural network of two subdialect areas: Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas and Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys. The paper attempts to investigate migration directions of residents of the inhabited areas included into the Atlas of Lithuanian Language (ALL points). They are used to identify hypothetical zones of ALL points demonstrating a high degree of subdialect vitality.The research material consists of statistical data of 176 ALL points (121 of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas and 86 of Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys) collected in 2011–2015. The data issummarized in a table. The paper also includes a socio-cultural network completed with the help of the software Paint referring to 6 criteria: movement directions (to schools, hospitals, libraries,churches, post offices and supermarkets) of the communities’ members residing in the ALL points and covering dialectal areas of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas and Eastern Aukštaitians ofPanevėžys. The paper evaluates the viability, social structure, communicative networks of situations and possible directions of dialectal changes of ALL points.The results show that both subdialects are linguistically similar in strength; both demonstrate high vitality. Dialectal features seem to be best maintained in and around Ariogala, Jurbarkas, Šakiai,Kazlų Rūda, Vilkaviškis, Kalvarija and Biržai, Pasvalys, Radviliškis, Ramygala.Subdialect changes have been mainly determined by a high degree of mobility within the dialectal areas rather than the impact of other dialects. Internal migration is stimulated by attractivesupermarkets and medical institutions in the nearest ALL points, while migration to other areas of subdialects is motivated by attractive supermarkets (in case of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas) or a lack of educational institutions in the original places of residence (in case of Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys).A possible direction of changing dialectal features is the south in case of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas and the west in case of Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys. However, the oppositedirection is not excluded: dialectal features of Western Aukštaitians of Kaunas are actively penetrating the dialectal area of Southern Aukštaitians and dialectal features of Eastern Aukštaitians of Panevėžys tend to spread in the dialectal area of Western Aukštaitians of Šiauliai.Presumably, the above indicators show that despite similarities and differences between both subdialects and the standard language, the subdialects have similar conditions to survive and become stronger.

Unleashing the Technical Core: Institutional Theory and the Aftermath of Arthur Andersen

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Drew Sellers ◽  
Timothy J. Fogarty ◽  
Larry M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Arthur Andersen

ABSTRACT This paper uses the template of institutional theory to explore the impact of organizational de-legitimation on its technical core. To operationalize this, social network theory is used to guide an exploratory study of the diaspora of Andersen employees. The results suggest an unusually high degree of entrepreneurial activity is unleashed once the confining legitimacy of the organizational structure is dissolved. It also shows that the value of social capital possessed by Andersen professionals changed in character and possibly increased in value. The paper offers contributions to institutional theory and the practice of modern accounting.

scholarly journals An Appraisal of Social Network Theory and Analysis as Applied to Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Valente ◽  
Stephanie R. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Behavioral Influences

The use of social network theory and analysis methods as applied to public health has expanded greatly in the past decade, yielding a significant academic literature that spans almost every conceivable health issue. This review identifies several important theoretical challenges that confront the field but also provides opportunities for new research. These challenges include (a) measuring network influences, (b) identifying appropriate influence mechanisms, (c) the impact of social media and computerized communications, (d) the role of networks in evaluating public health interventions, and (e) ethics. Next steps for the field are outlined and the need for funding is emphasized. Recently developed network analysis techniques, technological innovations in communication, and changes in theoretical perspectives to include a focus on social and environmental behavioral influences have created opportunities for new theory and ever broader application of social networks to public health topics.

Using social network theory to elucidate the impact of diversity on the social processes in design

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Torres ◽  
Carla B. Zoltowski ◽  
Patrice M. Buzzanell ◽  
Megan Kenny Feister ◽  
William C. Oakes
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Influencing Factors of Intellectual Property Pledge Loan Trust: A Social Network Theory-Based Experimental Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hongyan Yan ◽  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
Jing Cui ◽  
Zeyun Yang ◽  
Min Ren
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Trust Evaluation ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the behavior of intellectual property pledge loan based on a specific social network and uses the method of experimental research to analyze the impact of factors on the comprehensive trust of intellectual property pledge loan. The results show that if direct cooperation records between enterprises and banks are complete, the larger the scale of cooperation, the higher the trust of intellectual property pledge loans, and the nearer the cooperation record to the present time, the greater the credibility of enterprise cooperation. If there is no direct cooperation record between enterprises and banks, or cooperation record is incomplete, in accordance with the trust evaluation of the recommended members on the intellectual property pledge loan enterprise, the smaller the degree of trust at a certain recommendation node, the lower the credibility of enterprises at this node correspondingly, and the lower the perceived risk tolerance of banks, the lower the cooperation satisfaction in the intellectual property pledge loan enterprises.

scholarly journals Executive Selection Process and Job Satisfaction: The Case of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) in Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Dimitris Apostolakos ◽  
Theodore Metaxas
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Selection Procedure ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

This paper assesses the impact that the degree of acceptance of the selection process, as conducted by the human recourses management (HRM), has upon job satisfaction in the local tax offices (LTOs) in Greece. Furthermore, it examines the effects that various individual and demographic characteristics have on job satisfaction. The research was performed using primary statistical data by distributing and collecting specific questionnaires, which not only recorded the level of job satisfaction but also noted the degree of acceptance of the selection procedure in the IAPR. The collected statistical data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 26 Fixpack 1 software program. The results showed an average acceptance value of the selection process of 4.89, indicating a high degree of participant consensus with this process. They also showed that age, work experience, and the acceptance of the selection process have a positive and statistically significant effect, whereas educational level has a negative and statistically significant effect on degree of job satisfaction. The added value of the present paper lies in the fact that this kind of research, conducted in the IAPR in Greece for the very first time, measured both the degree of job satisfaction and the effect that the acceptance of the selection procedure has on this attitude.

Studying Dynamic Change Probabilities and Their Role in Change Propagation

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Long ◽  
Scott Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Change Propagation ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
High Level ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fixed System ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Long-lived systems are likely to experience many independent modifications during their lifecycles. Prior literature provides tools for predicting how a change in a fixed system is likely to propagate, but these tools do not address change propagation across multiple, independent modifications. The phenomenon of a modification consuming excess, thereby increasing the likelihood of change propagation in future modifications, is studied in this work as dynamic change probabilities (DCP). This research builds on change propagation techniques, network theory, and excess to provide high-level guidance about how DCP may alter change propagation within a system over time. A sample of existing and synthetic systems are explored, as we show that the rate of change likelihood increase following a modification depends on the number of components (nodes), the dependencies between components (edges), and initial change propagation probability values (edge weights). Results also show that excess placement in specific components, and the presence of system hubs (high-degree components), can mitigate the impact of excess consumption when multiple system modifications are made over time.

scholarly journals Relation through co-creation: Research on co-creation in the transnational CoTalent project based on network theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne Koot
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Student Participant ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
The Impact

The CoTalent project is a unique collaboration between eight universities (of applied sciences) throughout Europe funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission. The objective of the CoTalent project was to use co-creation with teachers and students in order to create tools that would support higher education to foster and recognize talented students. Three toolsets were made with a total of around 920 students and teachers via workshop weeks and so-called multiplier event. This current research projects the impact of the student participants through a social network theory perspective to look at what the co-creation of the CoTalent project can do for them in their professional career (including their education). By conducting eight interviews with the student participants, it became clear the CoTalent network was a unique network that shares the characteristics of both strong- and weak ties. The members involved were of many cultures and origins but simultaneously of a similar mindset which made for a fertile network in terms of productivity to complete the tasks at hand and in terms of the student participant their experience. The participating students mainly experienced growth in soft skills and gained new perspectives through the diverse set of actors involved.

Social networks and relationships in copreneurial firms: an international study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Galloway ◽  
John W. Sanders ◽  
Jo Bensemann ◽  
Alexei Tretiakov
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
International Study ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Small Unit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis article explores the small unit of family business – being in business with one's spouse – in Scotland and New Zealand. With reference to social network theory, the research explores if the strong married relationship enhances business or inhibits it due to a hypothesised limiting effect on access to external networks. The paper thus measures the impact of networks on copreneurial business performance and explores perceptions of the copreneurial experience.Design/methodology/approachThe research applies a mixed methodology. First, a quantitative sample of 301 small firms in Scotland and New Zealand is tested for variation in performance and social network reach between copreneurial, other types of family firms and firms with no family links. Thereafter, a qualitative study explores the experience of 101 copreneurs in the two countries, to which a thematic analysis is applied.FindingsNetworks are shown to be central influences on performance, but the paper finds no performance or network reach variation between copreneurial and other business. Nevertheless, copreneurship is perceived both positively and negatively by practitioners and testimonies include explicit reference to strategies to manage home/work tensions.Originality/valueThe paper contributes new data on performance in copreneurial firms in two international locations. Viewed through a social network theory lens, the research shows the utility of networks to business, family or otherwise. The paper also shows that the work/family interface in copreneurial firms is perceived both as an advantage and as a challenge and so requires careful management.

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