Entry:

Carroll, Glenn R., and Teo, Albert C., "On the Social Networks of Managers," Academy of Management Journal, 39 (April, 1996), 421-440.


Abstract:

Controlling for differences in education, age, gender and ethnicity, the social network of managers compared to that of nonmanagers are larger and contain more co-workers, strangers, and people with whom the focal person has close or intimate ties. This suggest that managerial work is essentially interactive.

GSS Years:

1985, 1987

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
NUMGIVEN

NUMBER OF PERSONS MENTIONED

WRKSLF

R SELF-EMP OR WORKS FOR SOMEBODY

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

WKSUP

DOES R OR SPOUSE SUPERVISE ANYONE

MEMNUM

NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS

MEMSERV

MEMBERSHIP IN SERVICE GROUP

MEMPROF

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

COWORK1

PERSON #1 IS RS COWORKER

COWORK2

PERSON #2 IS RS COWORKER

COWORK3

PERSON #3 IS RS COWORKER

COWORK4

PERSON #4 IS RS COWORKER

COWORK5

PERSON #5 IS RS COWORKER

CLOSE12

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 1 AND 2?

CLOSE13

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 1 AND 3?

CLOSE14

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 1 AND 4?

CLOSE15

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 1 AND 5?

CLOSE23

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 2 AND 3?

CLOSE24

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 2 AND 4?

CLOSE25

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 2 AND 5?

CLOSE34

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 3 AND 4?

CLOSE35

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 3 AND 5?

CLOSE45

HOW CLOSE ARE PERSONS NUMBER 4 AND 5?

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT