Homophily, Setbacks, and the Dissolution of Heterogeneous Ties: Evidence from Professional Tennis

Why do people engage with similar others despite ample opportunities to interact with dissimilar others? We argue that adversity or setbacks may have a stronger deteriorative effect on ties made up of dissimilar individuals, prompting people to give up on such ties more easily, which, over the long...

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Main Authors: Xuege (Cathy) Lu, Shinan Wang, Letian Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2023-03-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v10-7-227/