Cause maps and social network analysis in organizational diagnosis
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Cause maps and social network analysis both use simple matrix techniques to represent organizational processes that are not well described using traditional research tools. These approaches are particularly suited to operationalizing the concepts of organizational complexity and structure in a concrete, practical manner. This article integrates these two techniques in the service of organizational diagnosis. Specifically, a juxtaposition matrix dividing organizational subunits into functional types and correlating these with critical organizational variables is created and analyzed. Data from an empirical study of a small title company are used to illustrate the procedures developed and their relevance to the practical problems of actual organizations. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1991
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Underestimation of social support buffering
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Most theory and practice in the helping professions assumes that informal social support acts as a buffer against stress, reducing its negative consequences on the stressed individual. Despite many social psychological studies, the validity of this assumption has been difficult to establish empirically. This article argues that skepticism regarding the genuineness and importance of this hypothesized support buffering interaction is misplaced. This skepticism has been answered by well-designed and analyzed research. The article offers an analysis of why the significance of this buffering interaction may have been underestimated in earlier research, including hypotheses concerning the effect of stress severity on buffering. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1991
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