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A model of contractual project-based work: Personal social network connectivity, ICT use, and self-monitoring
Strong tie personal social network connectivity predicted performance suggesting that strong tie personal social networks are foundational in the work of the ...

"Organizations of one" are increasingly common in the modern workplace. How do individuals conduct work when they do not have access to the resources of conventional organizations? Research on the work of residential real estate agents suggests that the agents rely on their personal social networks to support their work. Research also suggests that information and communication technologies play an important role in supporting the use of social network ties in conducting work. The present research fills a gap in existing social network research by focusing on how accessing social networks affects the performance of contractual project-based workers. Residential real estate agents are studied as exemplars of contractual project-based workers. This study examines the personal social network connections of residential real estate agents in the form of ties to acquaintances or friends of friends (weak ties), and ties to coworkers with whom the...

Jul 31, 2011
RT @: The Personal Branding Blog: employers are looking for potential employees through social networking

Jul 31, 2011
Google and Facebook get personal in battle for social networking rewards

Jul 31, 2011
All a Twitter: A Personal and Professional Guide to Social Networking with Twitter

Jul 31, 2011
Google and Facebook get personal in battle for social networking rewards

Spammers Scan Social Networks to Research Targeted Attacks

Social networks provide spammers with many possibilities of ways to scam users new and more effective, a security expert.

Social networks have become ubiquitous, with more than 500 million users on Facebook, LinkedIn and 100 million $ 200 million reported users on Twitter. Google claimed to have 10 million users on their social network + Google in the first two weeks of its launch limited. It's just the tip of the iceberg because there are many smaller social networking sites targeting niche users.

All spammers need is a list of email addresses of their victims to launch a campaign.While these lists can be bought "for a pittance" from other criminals or businesses that sell "advanced" and other contact information, a crook can easily create one from information gathered from social networks, Asaf Greiner, vice president of products at Commtouch, told eWEEK.

"Suddenly, e-mail do not need to be scraped by the newsgroups, or guessed by brute force, they are all around you on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and so on," said Greiner.

Source: eWeek

personal use of social networks - beSpacific

by Sabrina I. Pacifici -

"One of the significant developments in communication in the last few years is the astounding growth of social networking websites. Increasing numbers of people join Facebook or LinkedIn or Twitter or other on-line social networks as a means to notify others of news in their lives, to learn what their friends and relatives and acquaintances are doing, and to generally stay in touch with other people with whom they have something in common. Businesses, organizations and government agencies use social networks to communicate information about their products and services and get limited feedback. For individuals, and for some kinds of organizations, the appeal of such sites is the opportunity for ongoing back-and-forth communication among large groups of people. Typically a social network allows someone to post a profile and photographs, videos, music, etc., and invite others to become “friends” or “fans.” Some information may be shared with the whole world; other parts may be restricted to a select, small group. For some time now state bar regulatory agencies have been addressing the effect of electronic communication on traditional ethical rules for lawyers ― the extent to which law firm websites constitute advertising, whether e-mail inquiries establish an attorney/client relationship, and so on. Likewise, judges hearing cases have faced new legal issues involving electronic discovery and searches of computers. Judges are becoming familiar, too, with problems of jurors communicating with the outside world and conducting their own research via their Blackberries, smart phones and other devices. Compared to the information available on those other electronic communication issues, there is relatively little reference material for judges concerning their own social networking and the Code of Judicial Conduct. The purpose of this paper is to share some information addressing questions of judges’ personal use of social networks. I welcome any additional material anyone knows about.

Source: personal use of social networks - beSpacific

Social Networking Habits: 54 Percent of Users are Addicted ...

Social Networking Habits: 54 Percent of Users are Addicted, Webroot Research Finds Third annual report finds cybercrime on social networks continues to climb despite increased privacy and security measures

Broomfield, Colo., August 16, 2011

With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it's no surprise users are making more efforts to reduce their risk of exposure in 2011. So indicate findings from Webroot, the first Internet security service company, in its third annual look into the security habits of social networkers.

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