Social structure and personality (SSP) research is concerned with the relationship between macro-social systems or processes and individual feelings, attitudes, and behaviors. It is considered a perspective or framework rather than a theoretical paradigm because it is not associated with general theoretical claims that transcend specific substantive problems. Rather, it provides a set of orient...

this article explores the relative influence of individual and network-level effects on the emergence of online social relationships. using network modeling and data drawn from logs of social behavior inside the virtual world Second Life, we combine individualand network-level theories into an integrated model of online social relationship formation. Results reveal that time spent online and th...

For marriage, we need at least a positive tendency but a forced or expedient marriage leads to divorce. Living in a society full of loving and respecting each other is necessary and it is an outcome of an organized family. This paper tries to analyze the effect of social structure on establishment of sustainable relation and emotional relationship. We can examine this subject from two point ...

Organization theory is a discipline on the boundary between economics of organizations, sociology of organizations, management and political science. She is interested in organizations, both commercial and non-commercial, in all their diversity (company, hospital, union, organization, administration, conventions). It analyzes their functioning, structure and development for the purpose of...

This paper presents a framework for analysing the social structure of populations in which interactions between some identified individuals can be observed. Statistics describing the nature, quality and temporal patterning of one or more interaction measures are used to define relationships between pairs of individuals or classes of individual. Multivariate techniques can then be used to displa...

This paper presents a bargaining model between individuals belonging to different groups where the equilibrium outcome depends on the communication network within each group. Belonging to a group gives an informational advantage: connections help to gather information about past transactions and this information can be used to make more accurate demands in future bargaining rounds. In the long-...

The social contract has been about rights and responsibilities in human societies. Facebook and its role in manufacturing and sustaining a global social contract, a new “we” is clearly one of the research areas that needs more attention. A new “we” is coming of age in the new age of connectivity and communication with a new outlook toward responsibility and rights at individual and collective l...