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Strength of Weak Ties in the Labor Market: An Assessment of the State of Research

from III - Later Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Roberto M. Fernandez
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

Mark Granovetter’s 1973 “The Strength of Weak Ties” is arguably the most influential paper in sociology. The original paper has been cited 55,325 times, and the later 1983 “The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited” paper an additional 11,213 (both citation counts retrieved from Google Scholar February 19, 2020).

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
 , pp. 251 - 264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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