The “Nordic Gaming” Dataset

Starling David Hunter

doi:10.2478/connections-2025-0006

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The “Nordic Gaming” Dataset

Connections

Volume 47 (2026): Issue 1 (August 2026)

By: Starling David Hunter

Open Access

|Aug 2026

Abstract

This article presents attribute and relational data for 427 employees of a state-owned, Nordic gambling and gaming company. All data were collected from August to September 2020 as part of a management consulting project focused on the re-design of physical and organizational space at the company’s headquarters. Attribute data consist of gender, tenure, formal role, place of work, departmental membership, subunit (formally defined units within departments), location (building and story/floor within the building), and response status. Relational data were collected for the formal reporting relationship and three instrumental informal relationships – expertise-seeking, idea-sharing, and information-seeking.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/connections-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2816-4245 (formerly 0226-1766) | Journal ISSN: 0226-1766

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Language: English

Page range: 18 - 22

Submitted on: Oct 12, 2024

Accepted on: Feb 8, 2025

Published on: Aug 7, 2026

Published by: International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Organizational network analysis,

Social network analysis,

Scandinavia,

Nordic,

Public sector,

Hierarchy,

Organizational structure,

Organization design,

Covid-19

Related subjects:

Social sciences,

Social sciences, other

© 2026 Starling David Hunter, published by International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 47 (2026): Issue 1 (August 2026)