What is it about?
We examined whether members of different statuses (e.g., deacon, elder, pastor) within a church organization provided more social support to other members, and became the major channel of support flow. Also, we tested whether members exchanged social support with same gender and age groups with a statistical modeling of network data, but didn't find that was the case.
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Why is it important?
One, a whole network study of an immigrant organization is rare; second, using a statistical modeling (i.e., exponential random graph modeling) for network data is also not so common. Much network research stays in the descriptive level, but our study tested the statistical significance of the structural pattern found.
Perspectives
The study's data is from my dissertation, but I analyzed it in a new way I have not before. I am proud of the fact that I learned a new technique in social network analysis and was able to apply to the topic I was interested in studying.
Dr Sun Kyong Lee
U of Oklahoma
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This page is a summary of: The Role of Status Differentials and Homophily in the Formation of Social Support Networks of a Voluntary Organization, Communication Research, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0093650216641501.
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