a social influence analysis of perceived organizational support

the strong friend-advice matrix (r = .04, p ≤ .05), and the strong friend-advice-role model matrix
(r = .10, p ≤ .01).
As in the reciprocated ties analysis, standard Pearson correlation analysis and QAP
correlation analysis were conducted for the non-reciprocated ties analysis. Pearson correlations
(Table 8) revealed that social network ties variables were significantly correlated, including
strong friend-role model ties and strong friend-advice ties (r = .51, p ≤ .01). However, none of
these correlations were so high that multicolinearity would be suspected. As in the reciprocated
ties analysis, only strong friend-advice-role model ties was significantly related to POS (r = .25,
p ≤ .05). No other social networks variables were significantly correlated with POS, suggesting
that the absolute number of different social network ties employees maintain is not related to
POS.
Results of QAP correlation analysis (Table 9) demonstrated that a number of the social
networks matrices were significantly related, as was the case in the reciprocated tie analysis.
However the strongest correlation (weak friendship and strong friendship; (r = .20, p ≤ .01) was
still well below the common threshold for multicolinearity. As was the case when the
reciprocated ties analysis was conducted, the strong friend-advice-role model matrix (r = .10, p ≤
.05) was significantly related to similarity in POS. Somewhat surprisingly, weak friendship (r =
-.03, p ≤ .05) ties and weak advice ties (r = .03, p ≤ .05) were significantly related to similarity in
POS.
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