Knowledge

We may have this experience that "we are all dramatically affected by information flow and  webs of relationships within social networks" . And f or most of us, "networks have a great deal to do with our personal productivity, learning and career success". (Cross & Parker, 2014, p.3). More diversified networks are associated with early promotion, career mobility, and managerial effectiveness. Research has shown that "whom you know has a significant impact on what you come to know", since relationships are crutial for obtaining information, solving problems, and learning how to do your work. However there are often great disconnects in organizations which may affect organizational performance or personal development. How to cross the great divide? While the book <The Hidden Power of Social Networks> has illustrated the method of "Finding and Fixing Critical Disconnects in Organizations". As is the phenomenon that most people of di...

In John Suler's article "The Online Disinhibition Effect", he explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: dissociative anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority. Nowadays more and more people are using social networks to maintain relationships. However it's debatable that whether the relationships are authentic or not. While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person.  When a person is shy in person while outgoing online, neither self-presentation is more true. They are two dimensions of that person, each revealed within a different situational context. From the multidimensional prospect, humanity is complicated that it's normal for a person not understanding another person in some extent, and misunderstanding often occurs. "Neither one is necessarily more true than a...