Corporate society: A time series analysis of network structure
1975; Elsevier BV; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0049-089x(75)90001-0
ISSN1096-0317
Autores Tópico(s)Management and Organizational Studies
ResumoThe conceptual problem addressed here is the transition of the United States from a person-oriented society in the 19th century to a corporate society during the 20th century. Using the content analysis of mass media records from 1877 to 1972, annual networks of associations among categories of actors are analyzed for trends in their structure where zii is a percentage of attention given to actors in the ith category of actors and zij is a percentage of attention given jointly to actors in the ith and jth categories. Stable estimates are found for the increasing attention given to corporate entities, the decreasing attention given to persons, and the increasing use of unorganized collectivities of actors as a means of interaction between persons and corporate entities. “Ideal type” networks are identified and described which are reflected in the observed networks as a function of existing conditions in the nation. Distinct ideal types are associated with conditions of economic decline, conditions of unusual collective action by the populace, and conditions of joint economic growth and lack of collective action. Implications of the findings for the study of persons and corporate entities in a corporate society are discussed.
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