Granovetter, M. S.2016-04-192016-04-191973The American Journal of Sociology 78(6): 1360-13800002-9602http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66149Metadata only recordThis paper stresses the importance of the relationship between organizations or groups that have weak ties. While most research is done on models of strong ties, this paper claims that weak ties are often overlooked. This paper presents an analysis tool for assessment of ties between groups and other social structures.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightSocial capitalDiadic tiesWeak tiesGovernanceAbstractCopyright 1973 The University of Chicago Press