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Bajcsy, R., Rubin P., Bertenthal,
B. , Bimber, B., Contractor, N., Finholt, T., Franklin, K.,
Liberman, M., Mebane, W., Pearce, C., Scacchi, W., Teitelbaum,
B., Urban M.,
Cyberinfrastructure-mediated interaction.
Contractor, N (March, 2005).
The
role of social network analysis in enabling cyberinfrastructure
and the role of cyberinfrastructure in enabling social network
analysis. White paper prepared for
the National Science
Foundation workshop on cyberinfrastructure for the social
sciences, Airlie House, Warrington, Virginia, USA.
Palazzolo, E. T.,
Serb, D., She, Y., Su, C., & Contractor, N. S.
Co-evolution
of communication and knowledge networks as transactive memory
systems: Using computational models for theoretical integration
and extensions.
Contractor, N., Fonti, F.,
Steglich, C., Su, C., and Whitbred, R.
Understanding the ties that bind:
A longitudinal investigation of the evolution of a communication
network.
Contractor, N., Brandon,
D., Huang, M., Palazzolo, E. T., Steinley, D., Su, C., Suri, R.,
Swarbrick, A., Templin, J., & Wasserman, S.
Multi-Theoretical Multilevel Models of
Information Retrieval in Knowledge Networks.
Contractor, N. S., Whitbred, R., Fonti, F., Hyatt, A., O’Keefe, B.,
& Jones, P.
Structuration theory and the
evolution of networks.
Contractor, N. S., Stohl, C., Monge, P. R., Flanagin, A., & Fulk, J.
Communication in the global
workplace: Advanced E-Quad collaboration tools to support
multi-university cooperative learning and teaching.
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Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. (2003). Theories of Communication
Networks. New York: Oxford University Press.
Prospectus & Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Networks and Flows in Organizational
Communication
Chapter 2: Network Concepts, Measures, and Analytic
Techniques
Chapter 3: Communication and Knowledge Networks as
Complex Systems
Chapter 4: Computational Modeling of Networks
Chapter 5: Theories of Self-interest and Collective
Action
Chapter 6: Contagion, Semantic and Cognitive Theories
Chapter 7: Exchange & Dependency Theories
Chapter 8: Homophily, Proximity, and Social Support
Theories
Chapter 9: Evolutionary and Coevolutionary Theories
Chapter 10: Multitheoretical, Multilevel Models of
Communication and Other Organizational Networks
References
Subject Index
Author Index
Contractor, N. Section Editor for “New
Media and Organizing” for
Handbook of New Media: Social Shaping and Consequences of ICTs
(Editors:
Leah Lievrouw & Sonia Livingstone), London: Sage.
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Contractor, N., Wasserman, S., & Faust, K.
(in press).
Testing multi-theoretical multilevel
hypotheses about organizational networks: An analytic
framework and empirical example.
Academy of Management Review.
Katz, N., Lazer, D., Arrow,
H., & Contractor, N. (2004).
Network theory and small groups.
Small Group Research, 35, 307-332. also available
at:
www.gateway.ingenta.com/patron/shopping/cart/ShoppingCart/ilurbana;jsessionid=m14ab5hrr4xi.crescent
Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (2002).
Managing knowledge networks.
Management Communication Quarterly, 16,
249-258.
Fesenmaier, J., & Contractor, N. (2001)
Inquiring Knowledge Networks on the Web (IKNOW): The
evolution of knowledge networks for rural development.
The Journal of the Community Development Society,
32, 160-175.
Pollock, T., Whitbred, R. A., &
Contractor, N. (2000).
Social information processing and job characteristics: A
simultaneous test of two theories with implications for
job satisfaction. Human Communication Research,
26(2), 292-330.
Contractor, N. S. (1999).
Self-organizing systems research in the social sciences:
Reconciling the metaphors and the models.
Management Communication Quarterly, 13, 154-166.
Heald, M., Contractor, N., Koehly, L. M., &
Wasserman, S. (1998).
Formal and emergent predictors of coworkers’ perceptual
congruence on an organization’s social structure.
Human Communication Research, 24, 536-563.
Ehrlich, M.C., & Contractor, N.S. (1998).
"Shock" meets "community service": J.C. Corcoran at KMOX.
Journal of Radio Studies 5(1), 22-35.
Hyatt, A., Contractor, N., & Jones, P. M.
(1997).
Computational organizational network modeling: Strategies
and an example. Computational and Mathematical
Organizational Theory, 4, 285-300.
Jacobs, J. L., Dorneich, M. C., Jones, P.
M., O'Keefe, B. J. and Contractor, N. (1997). SPOT: Using
collaborative technologies for developing collaborative
technologies. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE
International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Volume 1, pp. 690-695. Orlando FL, October 1997.
Jones, P. M., Chin, G., Lucenti, M., Kim,
H-J., Stigberg, D., Sherman, G., Contractor, N., O'Keefe,
B. J., Whitbred, R., Grobler, F., Case, M., Heckel, J.,
Lu, S. C-Y. and Ganeshan, R. (1997).
CITYSCAPE: Civil infostructure technology system for collaborative
analysis, prediction, and evaluation. Proceedings of
the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics,Volume 3, pp. 2223-2227. Orlando FL,
October 1997.
Contractor, N. S., Seibold, D. R., &
Heller, M. A. (1996).
Interactional influence in the structuring of media use in
groups: Influence of members’ perceptions of group
decision support system use. Human Communication
Research, 22, 451-481.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., O'Keefe, B.,
Lu, S., Case, M., Lawrence, P. & Grobler, F. (1995).
Workflow and cooperative problem solving in civil
infrastructure management. Proceedings of the IEEE 1995
International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Volume 5, 4575-4580. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., Lu, S. C-Y.,
& O'Keefe, B. J. (1994). Intelligent collaborative support
for engineering design. Proceedings of the 12th
Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics
Association (IEA '94), Volume 4, 80 - 82. Toronto,
Ontario, August 1994.
Jones, P. M., Contractor, N., O'Keefe, B. &
Lu, S. C-Y. (1994).
Competence models and self-organizing systems: Towards
intelligent, evolvable, collaborative support.
Proceedings of the IEEE 1994 International Conference on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Volume 1, 367-372. San
Antonio TX, October 1994.
Contractor, N. S., & Seibold, D. R. (1993).
Theoretical frameworks for the study of structuring
processes in group decision support systems: Adaptive
structuration theory and self-organizing systems theory.
Human Communication Research, 19, 528-563.
Contractor, N., & Ehrlich, M. (1993).
Strategic
ambiguity in the birth of an organization: The $50 Million
Experiment.
Management Communication Quarterly, 6, 251-281.
Michaelson, A., & Contractor, N. (1992).
Structural position and perceived similarity. Social Psychology
Quarterly, 55, 300-310.
Monge, P. R., Cozzens, M. D., & Contractor,
N. S. (1992). Communication and motivational predictors of
the dynamics of organizational innovation. Organization
Science , 3, 250-274.
Case, M., Contractor, N., Jones, P. M., Lu, S. C-Y,
& O'Keefe, B. (1992). Consensus management in engineering design.
Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics.
Case, M., Contractor, N., Jones, P. M., Lu,
S. C-Y., & O'Keefe, B. J. (1992).
Team engineering analysis and modeling: Toward a normative
model of team interaction. Proceedings of the 1992
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics, Chicago IL, October 1992.
Waterman, D., Schechter, R., & Contractor,
N. (1991).
Comparison of mediated and non-mediated participation in
the arts. Journal of Cultural Economics, 15,
19-40.
Rice, R., & Contractor, N. S. (1990).
Conceptualizing effects of office information systems: A
methodology and application for the study of alpha, beta
and gamma change. Decision Science, 21,
301-317.
Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers,
E. M. (1988).
Metatheoretical perspectives on satellite television and
development in India. Journal of Broadcasting and
Electronic Media , 32 , 2, pp. 129-148.
Cozzens, M. D., & Contractor, N. S. (1987).
The effect of conflicting information on media skepticism.
Communication Research, 14 , 437-451.
Contractor, N. S., Fulk, J., Monge, P. R.,
& Singhal, A. (1986).
Cultural assumptions that influence the implementation of
communication technologies. Vikalpa , 11,
287-300.
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Hollingshead, A.
B., & Contractor, N. S. (2006).
New
media and small group
organizing. In S. Livingstone & L. Lievrouw (Eds.), Handbook of
New Media: Student Edition (pp. 114-133). London: Sage.
Katz, N., Lazer, D., Arrow, H., & Contractor, N. (2005).
The
network perspective on small groups: Theory and research.
In Poole, M. S. & Hollingshead, A.B. (Eds.) Theories of Small
Groups: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. (2003).
Peer to peer. In S. Jones (Ed.). Encyclopedia of
new media. (pp. 367-369). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (2003).
Using multi-theoretical
multilevel models to study adversarial networks.
In R. Brelger, K. Carley & P. Pattison (Eds.)
Dynamic Social Network Modeling and
Analysis: Workshop Summary and Papers (pp. 324-344).
Washington D.C.: National Research Council. Available online at:
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309089522/html/324.html#pagetop
Hollingshead, A. B., & Contractor, N. S. (2002).
New media and organizing at the group level. In S. Livingstone
& L. Lievrouw (Eds.), Handbook of New Media (pp. 221-235).
London: Sage.
Contractor, N., & Baldwin, C. (2001).
Adoption of communication technologies and the evolution of
communication networks in organizations. In V. Burton, D.
Herr, & T. Finnegan (Eds.), Wayfarer: Charting Advances in
Social Science Computing (CD). Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press.
Monge, P.R., & Contractor, N.S. (2001). Emergence
of communication networks. In F.M. Jablin & L.L. Putnam
(Eds.), New Handbook of Organizational Communication (pp.
440-502). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Shapiro, M. A., Lang, A., Hamilton, M., &
Contractor, N. S. (2001).
Information Systems Division: Intra-Personal, Meaning, Attitude
and Social Systems. In W. Gudykunst (Ed.), Communication
Yearbook 24 (pp. 17-49). Newbury Park: Sage.
Contractor, N., & Bishop, A. P. (2000).
Reconfiguring community networks: The case of PrairieKNOW. In
T. Ishida (Ed.), Digital Cities: Technologies, Experiences, and
Future Perspectives (pp. 151-164). Lecture Notes in Computer
Science. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Contractor, N., Bishop, A. , & Zink, D. (1999).
PrairieKNOW: A tool to assist the study, creation, and growth of
community networks. In H-J. Bullinger & J. Ziegler (Eds.),
Proceedings of HCI International ’99 (the 8th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction), Munich,
Germany, Volume 2, (pp. 447-451). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Elrbaum.
Contractor N., Zink, D., & Chan, M. (1998).
IKNOW: A tool to assist and study the creation, maintenance, and
dissolution of knowledge networks. In Toru Ishida (Ed.),
Community Computing and Support Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 1519 (pp. 201-217). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Contractor, N. S., & Whitbred, R. (1997).
Decision development in work groups: A comparison of contingency
and self-organizing systems perspectives. In G. Barnett (Ed.),
Organizational Communication: Emerging perspectives (pp.
83-104). New York: Ablex.
Contractor, N., & O’Keefe, B. J. (1997).
The politics of information systems: Rational designs and
organizational realities. In B. Davenport Sypher (Ed.) Case
Studies in Organizational Communication: Perspectives on
Contemporary Work Life (p. 203-218). New York: Guilford
Publications.
Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. (1996).
Communication networks.
In A. Kuper & J. Kuper (Eds.) The
Social Science Encyclopedia - Edition 2. London: Routledge.
Contractor, N. S., & Grant, S. (1996).
The emergence of shared interpretations in organizations: A
self-organizing systems perspective. In J. Watt & A. VanLear
(Eds.), Cycles and Dynamic Processes in Communication Processes
(pp. 216-230). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. (1994).
Self-organizing systems perspective in the study of organizational
communication. In B. Kovacic (Ed.) New Approaches to
Organizational Communication (pp. 39-65). Albany, NY: SUNY
Press.
Seibold, D., Heller, M. A., & Contractor, N.
(1994).
Group Decision Support System (GDSS): Review, taxonomy, and research agenda. In B. Kovacic (Ed.) Organizational
Communication: New Perspectives (pp. 143-168). Albany, NY:
SUNY Press.
Seibold, D., & Contractor, N. (1993). Commentary on
"Issues for a theory of high-speed management” by D. Cushman and
E. King. In Communication Yearbook 16 (pp. 237-246).
Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers, E. M.
(1992). Metatheoretical perspectives on satellite television and
development in India. In K. S. Nair & S. A. White (Eds.),
Perspectives on Development Communication. Newbury Park, CA:
Sage.
Contractor, N. S., & Eisenberg, E. M. (1990).
Communication networks and new media in organizations. In J.
Fulk & C. W. Steinfield (Eds.) Organizations and Communication
Technology (pp. 145-174). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. S. (1988).
Communication networks: Measurement techniques. In C. H. Tardy
(Ed.), A Handbook for the Study of Human Communication: Methods
and Instruments for Observing, Measuring, and Assessing Communication
Processes (pp. 107-138). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
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Contractor, N. (1999).
Tecnologia e "Colletti
Aperti"
Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian Financial Daily).
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Contractor, N. (2001).
Review
of
Small Worlds:
The Dynamics of Networks Between Order and Randomness by Duncan J.
Watts, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Chance, 14, 33-36.
Contractor, N. (1992).
Review of Research and Reflexivity edited by F. Steier.
Journal of Communication, 42, 196-199.
Contractor, N. S. (1992). Review of A
Self-Renewing Society: The Role of Television and Communications
Technology by N. D. Batra. Journalism Quarterly, 69,
227-228.
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Daily
Illini (April 5, 2005).
Professor to give lecture on effective
communication.
ArriveNet.com
(March 1st, 2005).
Field museum to study social, cultural,
artistic resources and achievements of Chicago's recent Mexican
immigrants.
News Bureau, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana
(March 1st, 2005).
Insects, viruses could hold key for better
human teamwork in disasters.
University of Science and
Technology of China, News Report (Website) (December 2, 2004).
Chinese
language coverage of Noshir Contractor being honored as visiting
professor by University of Science and Technology of China.
http://news.ustc.edu.cn/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=3445
Panorama Economy
(30 October, 2003).
Italian language feature on Noshir Contractor’s research on
knowledge networks.
Daily
Illini (May 5, 2003).
Class puts knowledge
networks in 3-D.
Syllabus (August, 2000).
Video conferencing: Experiences
from the front.
Internet 2
Teaching & Learning (2000).
E-Quad:
Advanced collaboration environment.
Chronicle of Higher
Education (July 4, 1998). Coverage
of Noshir Contractor’s research on computational modeling of
organizational communication networks:
Using
computer
models to study the complexities of human society: Some scholars say
the trend is a breakthrough in the social sciences; others believe
it's just a fad.
http://chronicle.com/free/v44/i46/46a01701.htm
Spectra (January,
1995). Community building a
highlight of tech project.
Chronicle of Higher
Education (June 9, 1993).
Coverage of report on email use by the White House prepared by
students in Noshir Contractor’s undergraduate course on
Communication Technologies in the Workplace:
White House gets
advice on electronic communications.
http://chronicle.com/prm/che-data/articles.dir/articles-39.dir/issue-40.dir/40a01602.htm
The Champaign-Urbana News
Gazette (June3, 1993).
UI prof., students advise White House on e-mail.
Instructional
Micro-computing Newsletter (April/May, 1993).
Collaborative learning.
Instructional
Micro-computing Newsletter (January, 1990).
Testing on a network
in a hyper-card environment.
LAS News (Fall, 1989).
Computers revolutionize undergraduate education.
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