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  1. 1. The Broker's Invisible Ties : Brokerage and Balance in Signed Networks

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Paul Schuler; [2021]
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    Abstract : Brokerage is one of the most popular and well-studied concepts in the literature on social networks. It has so far been analysed, however, without taking negative ties in so-called signed networks into account. The central role of tension for brokerage motivates an integration with the hitherto not explicitly related social balance theory. READ MORE