Searching for New Directions: Social Network Analysis and the Institutional Jewish Community


 

Publication Date: September 1996

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Eyal Dabush

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Organizational Development; Jewish Organizations; Fundraising and Philanthropy

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Social network analysis examines the relations that occur and those that do not exist among actors in an institution, system, or community. Using this new research approach yields valuable information about laypeople's involvement in voluntary activities, patterns of giving among donors, and relationships among federated and nonfederated agencies. It reveals new aspects of institutional dynamics of pivotal importance to strategic planning.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.73 no.1, Fall 1996.