eprintid: 1466466 rev_number: 42 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/46/64/66 datestamp: 2015-04-16 21:19:56 lastmod: 2020-07-25 02:49:50 status_changed: 2017-10-06 12:09:34 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Badi, SM creators_name: Li, M creators_name: Pryke, S title: The Influence of Communication Network Centrality on Individual Popularity ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F37 keywords: Centrality, individual popularity, social-network analysis (SNA), communication networks, construction project note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Individual popularity has been found to have a positive impact on individual performance, group performance and job satisfaction; however, there remains a limited understanding of the concept and its antecedents in construction projects. In this research study, we propose that the position an individual occupies in the project social network will influence his/her popularity. Although different types of networks exist in project environments (e.g., informal friendship networks), we focus on project-related information-exchange networks to capture individuals’ recurrent patterns of work-related communication. That is, our goal was to consider individuals’ structural positions within the project’s relatively formal, work-related communication network, rather than the more casual and less work-significant friendship network. A single-case study approach was adopted examining a road construction project in Baoshan City in China. Data collection involved the completion of a questionnaire by project participants, identifying their communication with, and their perception of the popularity of, other project actors. Analysis was based upon actor centrality (degree, betweenness, and closeness) within the communication and popularity networks. The findings supported the proposition and showed that communication network centrality is positively associated with popularity, such that individuals who are more central in the project communication network also assumed central positions in the popularity network. Degree centrality in the project communication network was found to be particularly salient in predicting popularity, underlying the social dominance of the ‘prominent disseminators’ who control a large amount of information resources. date: 2016-09-20 publisher: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors official_url: http://www.rics.org/uk/knowledge/research/conference-papers/the-influence-of-communication-network-centrality-on-individual-popularity/ oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 1026433 isbn_13: 978-1-78321-160-9 lyricists_name: Badi, Sulafa lyricists_name: Pryke, Stephen lyricists_id: SBADI93 lyricists_id: SDPRY73 full_text_status: public series: COBRA volume: 2016 place_of_pub: Toronto, Canada event_title: COBRA 2016 event_location: Brighton, UK event_dates: 23 June 2015 - 28 June 2015 issn: 2398-8614 book_title: Proceedings of COBRA 2016 citation: Badi, SM; Li, M; Pryke, S; (2016) The Influence of Communication Network Centrality on Individual Popularity. In: Proceedings of COBRA 2016. Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors: Toronto, Canada. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1466466/1/Badi_COBRA_2016_BadiLiPryke.pdf