Structural stability regardless of membership turnover? The added value of blockmodelling in the analysis of network evolution

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-144

  Lazega, Emmanuel ^a   Sapulete, Saraï ^b   Mounier, Lise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Advice networks; Blockmodelling; Comparative statics; Membership turnover; Network dynamics; Relational turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650205688     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9295-y     Document Type: Article

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