The Influence of Friendship Network on Graduate Student’s Research Potential

DOI

10.2991/icsste-15.2015.251How to use a DOI?

Keywords

friendship network; research potential, social network analysis; ERGM; postgraduate education

Abstract

Research activity is a major part of academic degree education for postgraduate student in China. A long line of research has examined the influence of social networks on individuals’ behavior. This paper presents evidence on students’ independent research behavior in searching for new knowledge, as embodied in the friendship tie among first-year graduate students. We describe the structure of the friendship network as a whole and present evidence on the determinants of social ties. Finally, we examine evidence on the extent to which individual graduate student becomes a broker integrated into a friendship network significantly influence a student’s research potential.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liu Xiao
AU  - Zhu Haozheng
PY  - 2015/04
DA  - 2015/04
TI  - The Influence of Friendship Network on Graduate Student’s Research Potential
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1006
EP  - 1009
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsste-15.2015.251
DO  - 10.2991/icsste-15.2015.251
ID  - Xiao2015/04
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