concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: structural holes

social network analysis
type: Concept
narrower: structural holes

structural holes
type: Concept
broader: social network analysis
definition: A structural hole in a social network exists between two of a focal actor's contacts if they are nonredundant. Contacts are redundant due either to cohesion, where they have a direct connection to one another, or through structural equivalence, where they have no direct connection but are indirectly connected to the same other actors. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks; Structural Holes]