Even at this early stage Blau
showed a predilection for a distinctive style of
Durkheimian explanation, in which individuallevel
outcomes in small groups (competitiveness,
cooperativeness, orientation toward peers
and clients, etc.) were seen as at least partly
derivable from ‘‘structural effects’’ (Blau 1960a)
associated with the overall distribution of these
qualities in the group, and with the position
of the individual in the network of relations
of the group.