Table 3 Measures for inter-organizational advice network, by province and territory

  N nodes

80

20

59

133

119

151

217

13

99.00 (69.47)

792

  N advice sources

66

16

52

99

85

103

158

8

73.38 (49.15)

587

  N advice seekers

48

14

49

90

69

78

119

8

59.38 (37.55)

475

  N ties

129

36

139

240

187

181

303

15

153.75 (96.74)

1230

  N inter-provincial ties

3

4

2

8

11

11

15

7

7.63 (4.53)

61

 Density

0.020

0.095

0.041

0.014

0.013

0.008

0.006

0.096

0.037 (0.038)

 In-degree centralization

0.07

0.18

0.13

0.10

0.11

0.03

0.03

0.26

0.11 (0.08)

 In-degree centrality

  N opinion leaders^a

4

1

4

6

3

11

9

1

4.88 (3.60)

39

 In-degree, all nodes [M (SD)]

1.61 (1.44)

1.80 (1.47)

2.36 (2.20)

1.81 (1.99)

1.60 (1.92)

1.20 (1.25)

1.40 (1.37)

1.15 (1.28)

1.62 (0.39)

 In-degree, opinion leaders [M (SD)]

5.75 (0.96)

5.00 (−)

8.75 (0.96)

8.17 (3.06)

10.33 (4.04)

4.36 (0.50)

5.56 (0.53)

4.00 (−)

6.49 (2.30)

  N boundary spanners^b

7

2

3

9

5

6

16

2

6.25 (4.65)

50

 Betweenness centrality, all nodes [M (SD)]

27.09 (57.38)

7.90 (11.88)

37.53 (67.65)

12.38 (26.45)

4.99 (16.50)

7.62 (22.76)

4.54 (10.40)

0.85 (2.08)

12.86 (12.75)

 Betweenness centrality, boundary spanners [M (SD)]

185.38 (32.01)

36.25 (3.18)

274.44 (61.88)

94.94 (25.01)

67.00 (43.27)

101.25 (43.06)

35.53 (10.61)

5.50 (0.71)

100.04 (89.43)