The study examined which social contact,strong ties vs.weak ties,is positive and advantageous for designers'professional achievement.The investigators also tested if a designer's professional achievement is co...The study examined which social contact,strong ties vs.weak ties,is positive and advantageous for designers'professional achievement.The investigators also tested if a designer's professional achievement is correlated with his or her professional contacts(strong ties)or non-professional contacts(weak ties).A designer's professional and non-professional contacts in the study were represented by the ratios of design professional and of non-design professional friends on Facebook,respectively,to the total number of Facebook friends.Correlation analysis was performed to examine if the number of professional and of non-professional contacts(the ratios of design professional friends and of non-design professional friends on Facebook)of 35 student designers is correlated with their professional design achievement(their graduation project grades).The study results show that neither professional nor non-professional contacts(design professional friends vs.non-design professional friends)was significantly correlated with designers'professional design achievement.Nonetheless,there was a positive correlation between the size of contacts and professional design achievement.This finding can help design educators recognize the importance of social network development in design education and training.展开更多
文摘The study examined which social contact,strong ties vs.weak ties,is positive and advantageous for designers'professional achievement.The investigators also tested if a designer's professional achievement is correlated with his or her professional contacts(strong ties)or non-professional contacts(weak ties).A designer's professional and non-professional contacts in the study were represented by the ratios of design professional and of non-design professional friends on Facebook,respectively,to the total number of Facebook friends.Correlation analysis was performed to examine if the number of professional and of non-professional contacts(the ratios of design professional friends and of non-design professional friends on Facebook)of 35 student designers is correlated with their professional design achievement(their graduation project grades).The study results show that neither professional nor non-professional contacts(design professional friends vs.non-design professional friends)was significantly correlated with designers'professional design achievement.Nonetheless,there was a positive correlation between the size of contacts and professional design achievement.This finding can help design educators recognize the importance of social network development in design education and training.
