centrality_brokerage_itinerant: Gould-Fernandez Brokerage — Itinerant (Consultant) Role
Description
Itinerant brokerage (w_O): count of open directed 2-paths
\(A \to V \to A\) where the two endpoints are in the same group but
the broker \(V\) is in a different group. The broker mediates within
another group as an outsider.
Integer or character vector of group assignments, length
equal to the number of nodes. Required.
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Additional arguments passed to centrality.
Details
Bit-exact match against sna::brokerage$raw.nli[, "w_O"].
Directed-only.
References
Gould, R. V., & Fernandez, R. M. (1989). Structures of mediation: A formal
approach to brokerage in transaction networks. Sociological
Methodology, 19, 89-126. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.2307/270949").