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Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Inequality in Online Groups; 1.2 Theoretical Starting Points; 1.3 Problem Significance; 1.4 Research Strategy; 1.5 Theoretical Perspective; 1.5.1 Inequality and Evolutionary Processes; 1.5.2 Adhocracy: Social Mobility Moderates Inequality; 1.5.3 Wikipedia as a Site of Investigation: Significance, Research Review, and Data; References; Part I: Structural Differentiation and Social Media: Theoretical Framework.
Chapter 2: Macro-Structural Perspectives on Social Differentiation and Organizational Evolution in Online Groups2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Human Sociability: Possible Definitions; 2.3 Sociability and Structural Differentiation; 2.4 Online Sociability and Structural Differentiation: Connections and Directions of Study; References; Chapter 3: Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Volunteering and Social Inequality; 3.3 Why Inequality Matters; 3.4 Social Roles and Structural Differentiation.
3.5 Research QuestionsReferences; Chapter 4: Social Structuration Online: Entropy and Social Systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diversity and Social Entropy: A Neglected Tradition; 4.3 Wikipedia; 4.4 Determinants of Structuration; 4.5 Conceptual Underpinning; 4.5.1 Social Entropy as a Measure of Diversity and Equality; 4.5.2 Normalized Social Entropy as a Diversity/Equality Measure; 4.6 Using Entropy to Study Online Collaborative Systems such as Wikipedia; 4.7 What Have We Learned So Far?; References.
Chapter 5: Analytic Investigation of a Structural Differentiation Model for Social Media Production Groups5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods; 5.2.1 Data; 5.2.2 Overall Analysis Strategy; 5.2.3 Descriptive Exploration; 5.2.4 Inferential Analysis; 5.3 Looking Back, Looking Forward; References; Part II: Configurational Change Phases and Motors in Online Collaboration; Chapter 6: The Foundations of a Theoretical Model for Organizational Configurations and Change in Online Collaborative Processes; 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Toward a Theoretical Explanatory Model of Organizational Change in Online Collaborative Structures6.3 Configurational Change: Critical Theoretical Gap and Bridges; 6.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Organizational Configurations and Configurational Change; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Organizational Configurations; 7.2.1 Configurations and Archetypes; 7.2.2 Mintzberg's Configurational Array; 7.3 Configurational Change; 7.3.1 Configurations and Change in Virtual Organizations; 7.3.2 Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change; 7.3.3 Pinpointing Configurational Evolution and Revolution.
Chapter 2: Macro-Structural Perspectives on Social Differentiation and Organizational Evolution in Online Groups2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Human Sociability: Possible Definitions; 2.3 Sociability and Structural Differentiation; 2.4 Online Sociability and Structural Differentiation: Connections and Directions of Study; References; Chapter 3: Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Volunteering and Social Inequality; 3.3 Why Inequality Matters; 3.4 Social Roles and Structural Differentiation.
3.5 Research QuestionsReferences; Chapter 4: Social Structuration Online: Entropy and Social Systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diversity and Social Entropy: A Neglected Tradition; 4.3 Wikipedia; 4.4 Determinants of Structuration; 4.5 Conceptual Underpinning; 4.5.1 Social Entropy as a Measure of Diversity and Equality; 4.5.2 Normalized Social Entropy as a Diversity/Equality Measure; 4.6 Using Entropy to Study Online Collaborative Systems such as Wikipedia; 4.7 What Have We Learned So Far?; References.
Chapter 5: Analytic Investigation of a Structural Differentiation Model for Social Media Production Groups5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods; 5.2.1 Data; 5.2.2 Overall Analysis Strategy; 5.2.3 Descriptive Exploration; 5.2.4 Inferential Analysis; 5.3 Looking Back, Looking Forward; References; Part II: Configurational Change Phases and Motors in Online Collaboration; Chapter 6: The Foundations of a Theoretical Model for Organizational Configurations and Change in Online Collaborative Processes; 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Toward a Theoretical Explanatory Model of Organizational Change in Online Collaborative Structures6.3 Configurational Change: Critical Theoretical Gap and Bridges; 6.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Organizational Configurations and Configurational Change; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Organizational Configurations; 7.2.1 Configurations and Archetypes; 7.2.2 Mintzberg's Configurational Array; 7.3 Configurational Change; 7.3.1 Configurations and Change in Virtual Organizations; 7.3.2 Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change; 7.3.3 Pinpointing Configurational Evolution and Revolution.