Behaviors: freedom to act

Key concept

Prominence

Range

Brokerage

Based on:

Demand for relations with an individual actor

Weak ties to many parts of a large network

Holes in the network structure providing opportunities to broker connections

Key constructs:

Hierarchical status

Access (to resources and views)

Autonomy (extent of non-connected contacts)

Implications for Organizational Systems:

• Impact of the technology on hierarchy and power structures
• Impact of the power structure on the use of the technology

• Impact of the technology on providing access to resources
• Impact of many dissimilar views on use of the technology

• Impact of the technology on the ability to coordinate or make markets for goods and information
• Impact of brokers on influencing the use of the technology