This paper, published 1973, is an SNA classic with more than 59,000 citations. It's author, M.S. Granovetter, is known for his research about how people find out about vacant jobs and the importance of weak social ties in this process. These groundbreaking findings were counter-intuitive because research intuition till then emphasized the importance of the individual's strong ties to his social surrounding. Intuitively, I guess most of us think about our strong ties as more