• DocumentCode
    259331
  • Title

    Discovering Key Actors of Group on Social Media for Effective Management

  • Author

    Wei Lun Chang ; Guan Rong Chen ; Yueh Chen Wen

  • Author_Institution
    Bus. Adm., Tamkang Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug. 31 2014-Sept. 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    537
  • Lastpage
    538
  • Abstract
    The power of unofficial groups sometimes is stronger than official groups in the organization. The key persons in the network of organization also can help manage effectively. This research used social network analysis to investigate the effect between Facebook and LINE. We also used three indicators of degree centralities to infer the power on different social network. The results revealed the members have official position are not necessary in the center of the social network. The influence of message delivery is stronger from unofficial groups. The findings also showed key persons from unofficial groups may help companies efficiently manage firms.
  • Keywords
    social aspects of automation; social networking (online); social sciences computing; Facebook; LINE; degree centralities; effective management; key group actors; social media; social network analysis; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Facebook; Media; Organizations; Group behaviors; Social Network Analysis; Unofficial power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAIAAI), 2014 IIAI 3rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kitakyushu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4174-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2014.115
  • Filename
    6913359