Differences among Social Network Structures in the Private Sector, Politics and NGOs in Croatia

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Nikola Kadoić
• Author: Blaženka Divjak
• Author: Nina Begičević Ređep
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Organization and Informatics; (Department of Quantitative Methods)
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Organization and Informatics; (Department of Organization)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Information Systems and Information Science

Abstract (english)

The paper describes and interprets differences among social network structures in the private sector, politics (local administration) and non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Croatia. Social network analysis (SNA) methodology was used to examine networks in three sectors, which were found to differ in terms of centrality measures and substructures. In the private sector network, centrality values of network members were related to their respective positions in the organisational hierarchy. In the politics network, centrality measures values of members were influenced both by hierarchy and by the number of same-party members. In the NGO network, all members had high centrality values. Substructure sizes were low in the private sector and high in the NGO sector; in the politics network, they were dependent on the number of same-party members.

• Keywords (english): network; social network analysis; SNA; politicians; NGO; private sector
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: TEM Journal - TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS
• Numbering: vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 839-846
• BPC: 250 EUR
• p-ISSN: 2217-8309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18421/TEM64-25
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:211:874681
• Publication: 2017-11-27
• Project: Number: IP-2014-09-7854; Title (croatian): Razvoj metodološkog okvira za strateško odlučivanje u visokom obrazovanju - primjer implementacije otvorenog učenja i učenja na daljinu; Title (croatian): Development of a methodological framework for strategic decision-making in higher education – a case of open and distance learning (ODL) implementation; Acronym: HigherDecision; Leader: Blaženka Divjak; Jurisdiction: Croatia
• Document URL: http://www.temjournal.com/content/64/TemJournalNovember2017_839_846.html
• Document URL: http://www.temjournal.com/content/64/TemJournalNovember2017_839_846.pdf
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2017-11-29 12:25:10