A Bibliometric Research of Social Net-work Theory and Its Applications in MIS Domain

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10.2991/icebi.2010.8How to use a DOI?

Keywords

social network theory, social network analysis, management information system

Abstract

An overview of why and how the social network approach might be useful for research of information related issues is presented. Background of social network theory and social network analysis are provided firstly. Then a literature review is made involving a content analysis of 373 articles retrieved from three electronic journal databases offering broad disciplinary coverage with search using two query phrases: social network theory and social network analysis. The review demonstrates the growth of interest and some major trends by MIS and related disciplines in research that applies social network theory and utilizes social network analysis.

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© 2010, 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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AU  - Yili Liu
AU  - Bing Wu
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BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on E-Business Intelligence (ICEBI 2010)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 1951-6851
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