The Korea Local Administration Review

This study tested network hypotheses regarding coordination(reciprocity,transitivity, popularity, expansiveness) depending on the collaborative networkstructure of settlement support program for North Korean defectors. Analysisresults via Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM) show that the reciprocity,transitivity, and expansiveness factor are positively associated with theformation and sustainability of collaborative network structure. On the contraryto this, the popularity factor is negatively associated with the formation andsustainability of collaborative network structure, but this result is different tohypothesize relationships of both the popularity and the collaborative networkstructure. So, it requires a continuous testing on popularity hypothesis for manystudies and researches.
□ Keywords: Collabortive Network, Structural variable of network, ERGM