TY - JOUR
T1 - What Influences Relationship Formation in a Global Civil Society Network? An Examination of Valued Multiplex Relations
AU - Saffer, Adam J.
AU - Pilny, Andrew
AU - Sommerfeldt, Erich J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Recent interorganizational communication research has taken up the question: why are networks structured the way they are? This line of inquiry has advanced communication network research by helping explain how and why networks take on certain structures or why certain organizations become positioned advantageously (or not). Yet, those studies assume relationships among organizations are either present or absent. This study considers how the strength of ties and multiplex relationships among organizations may reveal a more complex explanation for why networks take on certain structures. Our results challenge some long held assumptions about the mechanisms that influence network formation. For instance, our results offer important insights into the consequences of closure mechanisms, the applicability of preferential attachment to real-world networks, and the nuances of homophily in network formation on multidimensional relationships in a communication network. Implications for interorganizational networks are discussed.
AB - Recent interorganizational communication research has taken up the question: why are networks structured the way they are? This line of inquiry has advanced communication network research by helping explain how and why networks take on certain structures or why certain organizations become positioned advantageously (or not). Yet, those studies assume relationships among organizations are either present or absent. This study considers how the strength of ties and multiplex relationships among organizations may reveal a more complex explanation for why networks take on certain structures. Our results challenge some long held assumptions about the mechanisms that influence network formation. For instance, our results offer important insights into the consequences of closure mechanisms, the applicability of preferential attachment to real-world networks, and the nuances of homophily in network formation on multidimensional relationships in a communication network. Implications for interorganizational networks are discussed.
KW - civil society
KW - interorganizational networks
KW - interorganizational relationships
KW - valued exponential random graph models (VERGM)
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U2 - 10.1177/00936502211016162
DO - 10.1177/00936502211016162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106748096
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 49
SP - 703
EP - 732
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 5
ER -