Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2009, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 162-178.

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A Two-Tier View of “Relation” and “Structure”:An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between the Social Network and Job Performance

 YAO Jun   

  • Online:2009-03-20 Published:2009-03-20

Abstract:

Social networks have become an important influencing factor of job performance at the nonindividual level. Many studies have focused on the influence of an organization’s internal structure on job performance but overlooked the influence of the social networks at the external level of the organization. The current survey of the realtors in the real estate business explored the different impacts of “relational” and “structural” social networks on job performance and analyzed the theoretical basis to account for the differences.

Key words: job performance, network betweenness centrality, network degree centrality, social network