“CLIQUES”: ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS: Academic relationships among higher education students

This work has investigated the academic relationships of five classes, 185 students, from an Undergraduate Business Administration course. The Social Network Analysis (SNA) research technique has been used. The results show that homophilia is predominant in the formation of groups. Only in one class does performance have a greater influence. The “cliques” were more clearly defined in only one class. The analysis of the results also indicates that students with social brokerage roles perform better than their peers.