This article provides a systematic review of the network formation literature in the public
sector. In particular, we code and categorize the theoretical mechanisms used in empirical …

David Knoke and Song Yang′ s Social Network Analysis, Third Edition provides a concise
introduction to the concepts and tools of social network analysis. The authors convey key …

This article introduces the concept of cognitive social structures to public administration and
policy scholars. Cognitive social structures are the perceptions, or mental maps, actors hold …

Most studies on perceptions of social structures in organizations rely on cross-sectional
evidence and lack a longitudinal perspective. In order to address this gap, we collected …

We examine the structural patterns in the cognitive representation of social networks by
systematically classifying false positives and negatives. Although existing literature on …

Methods. Participants were purposely selected to represent variations in scholarly
productivity and effectiveness in their professional network. One-on-one interviews were …

Methods. Subject questionnaires gathered data for social network analysis (visualization
and calculation of network structure and composition). Participants' scholarly activity was …

In the production of oil and gas fields, horizontal wells can obtain larger reservoir drainage
area. Single well production is large and the production cycle is long. Especially for the …

Commercial aerial laser scanning is generally delivered with point-by-point metadata for
object identification, but current vendor-generated classification approaches (which rely …

This dissertation explores cognitive and action errors that occur in communication networks.
I leverage theories on organizational errors and social networks to develop a novel …