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1、NetworkAnalysisintheSocialSciencesStephenP.Borgatti,AjayMehra,DanielJ.Brass&GiuseppeLabianca*AbstractOverthelastdecade,therehasbeenanexplosionofinterestinnetworkresearchacrossthephysicalandsocialsciences.Forsocialscientists,thetheoryofnetworkshasbeenagoldmine,
2、yieldingexplanationsforsocialphenomenainawidevarietyofdisciplinesfrompsychologytoeconomics.Inthisessay,wereviewthekindsofthingsthatsocialscientistshavetriedtoexplainusingsocialnetworkanalysisandprovideanutshelldescriptionofthebasicassumptions,goalsandexplanato
3、rymechanismsprevalentinthefield.Wealsogiveabriefhistoryofnetworkresearchinthesocialsciencesandidentifysomehistoricalcriticismsandcurrentchallengesfacingthefield.Wehopetocontributetoadialogueamongresearchersfromacrossthephysicalandsocialscienceswhoshareacommoni
4、nterestinunderstandingtheantecedentsandconsequencesofnetworkphenomena.OneSentenceSummary:Socialnetworktheoryexplainsawidevarietyofphenomenainthesocialsciences.SubmissionCategory:REVIEW"ThismanuscripthasbeenacceptedforpublicationinScience.Thisversionhasnotunder
5、gonefinalediting.Pleaserefertothecompleteversionofrecordathttp://www.sciencemag.org/.ThemanuscriptmaynotbereproducedorusedinanymannerthatdoesnotfallwithinthefairuseprovisionsoftheCopyrightActwithouttheprior,writtenpermissionofAAAS."______________________1*Thea
6、uthorsareresearchersattheLINKSCenterforNetworkResearchinBusiness,GattonCollegeofBusinessandEconomics,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,KY40506‐0034.Email:sborgatti@uky.edu,ajay.mehra@uky.edu,dbrass@uky.edu,andjoe.labianca@uky.edu.Oneofthemostpotentideasinthesocia
7、lsciencesisthenotionthatindividualsareembeddedinthickwebsofsocialrelationsandinteractions.SocialnetworktheoryprovidesananswertoaquestionthathaspreoccupiedsocialphilosophysincethetimeofPlato,namely,theproblemofsocialorder:howautonomousindividualscancombinetocre
8、ateenduring,functioningsocieties.Networktheoryalsoprovidesexplanationsforamyriadofsocialphenomena,fromindividualcreativitytocorporateprofitability.ReadersofSciencearealreadyfamilia
