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Table 2 The relationship between skill relatedness and skill similarity and links in the advice-seeking networks

From: Global connections and the structure of skills in local co-worker networks

Dependent variable

Link in advice network

(A)

(B)

(C)

Independent variables

Skill relatedness

0.0321**

 

− 0.0213

 

(0.0134)

 

(0.0202)

Skill similarity

 

0.400***

0.517***

  

(0.0970)

(0.147)

Constant

0.0803

0.0742

0.0809

 

(0.0658)

(0.0656)

(0.0660)

Controlsa

Yes

Yes

Yes

Random effects

Individual (1)

0.0163***

0.0168***

0.0170***

 

(0.00376)

(0.00384)

(0.00388)

Individual (2)

0.00426*

0.00372*

0.00361*

 

(0.00228)

(0.00220)

(0.00218)

Dyad

0.0746***

0.0738***

0.0737***

 

(0.00410)

(0.00405)

(0.00405)

Observations (dyads)

910

910

910

  1. Coefficients (standard errors in parentheses) of linear probability models with clustered standard errors
  2. aControls: work experience (years), type of job (junior professional, senior professional or manager), gender, and firm size
  3. ***p ≤ 0.01; **p ≤ 0.05; *p ≤ 0.1