TY - JOUR
T1 - Mixed Method Social Network Analysis
T2 - Combining Inductive Concept Development, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data for Quantitative Analysis
AU - Williams, Trenton A.
AU - Shepherd, Dean A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - This article outlines a mixed method approach to social network analysis combining techniques of organizational history development, inductive data structuring, and content analysis to offer a novel approach for network data construction and analysis. This approach provides researchers with a number of benefits over traditional sociometric or other interpersonal methodologies including the ability to investigate networks of greater scope, broader access to diverse social actors, reduced informant bias, and increased capability for longitudinal designs. After detailing this approach, we apply the method on a sample of 143 new ventures and suggest opportunities for general application in entrepreneurship, strategic management, and organizational behavior research.
AB - This article outlines a mixed method approach to social network analysis combining techniques of organizational history development, inductive data structuring, and content analysis to offer a novel approach for network data construction and analysis. This approach provides researchers with a number of benefits over traditional sociometric or other interpersonal methodologies including the ability to investigate networks of greater scope, broader access to diverse social actors, reduced informant bias, and increased capability for longitudinal designs. After detailing this approach, we apply the method on a sample of 143 new ventures and suggest opportunities for general application in entrepreneurship, strategic management, and organizational behavior research.
KW - content analysis
KW - mixed method
KW - secondary data
KW - social network analysis
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U2 - 10.1177/1094428115610807
DO - 10.1177/1094428115610807
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85013249148
SN - 1094-4281
VL - 20
SP - 268
EP - 298
JO - Organizational Research Methods
JF - Organizational Research Methods
IS - 2
ER -