Dr Rochelle Cote
Honorary Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Book Chapters
Côté, Rochelle R., Andersen, Bob and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2015). Social capital and ethnic tolerance: the opposing effects of diversity and competition. The handbook of research methods and applications on social capital. (pp. 91-106) edited by Yaojun Li. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9780857935854.00010
Cote, Rochelle R. (2012). Networks of Advantage: Urban Indigenous Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Social Capital. Well-being in the urban Aboriginal community : fostering biimaadiziwin, a national research conference on urban Aboriginal peoples. (pp. 73-112) edited by D. Newhouse, K. Fitzmaurice, T. McGuire-Adams and D. Jette. Toronto Canada: Thompson Educational Publishing.
Cote, Rochelle R., Plickert, Gabriele and Wellman, Barry (2009). Does the Golden Rule, Rule?. Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations. (pp. 49-90) edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin and Ronald L. Breiger. Abingdon UK: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
Côté, Rochelle R., Plickert, Gabriele and Wellman, Barry (2008). Does the golden rule rule?. Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families. (pp. 49-71) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203890097
Wellman, Barry, Hogan, Bernie, Berg, Kristen, Boase, Jeffrey, Currasco, Juan Antonio, Cote, Rochelle R., Kayahara, Jennifer, Kennedy, Tracey L.M. and Tran, Phuoc (2006). Connected Lives: The Project. Networked neighbourhoods : the connected community in context. (pp. 161-216) edited by Patrick A. Purcell. London: Springer. doi: 10.1007/1-84628-601-8_8
Matthews, Ralph and Cote, Rochelle R. (2005). Understanding Aboriginal Policing in a Social Capital Context. Social Capital in Action Thematic Policy Studies. (pp. 134-152) Canada: Policy Research Initiative.
Journal Articles
Côté, Rochelle R, Huang, Xianbi, Huang, Yangtao and Western, Mark (2018). Immigrant network diversity in the land of the fair go. Journal of Sociology, 55 (2), 199-218. doi: 10.1177/1440783318817684
Huang, Xianbi, Western, Mark, Bian, Yanjie, Li, Yaojun, Côté, Rochelle and Huang, Yangtao (2018). Social networks and subjective wellbeing in Australia: new evidence from a national survey. Sociology, 53 (2), 003803851876021-421. doi: 10.1177/0038038518760211
Cote, Rochelle R., Jensen, Jessica Eva, Roth, Louise Marie and Way, Sandra M. (2015). The effects of gendered social capital on U.S. migration: a comparison of four Latin American countries. Demography, 52 (3), 989-1015. doi: 10.1007/s13524-015-0396-z
Côté, Rochelle R. and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2009). Untangling the roots of tolerance: how forms of social capital shape attitudes toward ethnic minorities and immigrants. American Behavioral Scientist, 52 (12), 1664-1689. doi: 10.1177/0002764209331532
Plickert, Gabriele, Cote, Rochelle R. and Wellman, Barry (2007). Its Not Who You Know, Its How You Know Them: Who Exchanges What With Whom. Social Networks, 29 (3), 405-429. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.01.007
Conference Papers
Cote, Rochelle R. (2013). Social capital(s) and business success? Toronto, Canada's Indigenous entrepreneurs in the urban marketplace. AM2013: 108th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, USA, 10-13 August, 2013.
Cote, Rochelle (2013). From disadvantage to success? Indigenous entrepreneurship in the urban marketplace: an international comparison. International Sociological Association: Research Committee on Social Stratification RC28 Conference, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, 16-20 July, 2013.
Côté, Rochelle R. (2013). From disadvantage to success? Indigenous entrepreneurship in the urban marketplace: an international comparison. INSNA 2013: International Network of Social Networks Conference, Xi'an, China, 12-15 July, 2013.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2012). Not All Ties are good for All Things: The Variable Role of Social Capital(s) in Indigenous Entrepreneurship. 32nd International Sunbelt Social Network Analysis Conference, Redondo Beach, USA, 14 - 17 March 2012.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2011). Running in Two Worlds: Social Capital, Symbolic Boundaries and Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Toronto, Canada. American Sociological Meetings, Section on Race, Gender, Class, Methods of Analysis Section, Las Vegas, USA, 14 - 17 August 2011.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2011). Social Capital and Urban Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Toronto, Canada. Fostering Biimaadiziwin: National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal People, Toronto Canada, 23 - 24 February 2011.
Côté, Rochelle R. (2011). Running in two worlds: social capital, symbolic boundaries and Indigenous entrepreneurs in Toronto, Canada. AM2011: 106th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 20-23 August, 2011.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2010). Social Capital and Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Toronto: Keeping in the Old, Working in the New. 30th International Sunbelt Social Network Analysis Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, 28 June – 4 July 2010.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2010). Social Ties and Business Success: Using Networks to Create and Sustain Aboriginal Business in Mainstream Marke. CANDO Annual National Conference and Annual General Meeting, Enoch, Alberta, Canada, 5 - 8 October 2010.
Cote, Rochelle R., Plickert, Gabriele and Wellman, Barry (2009). Does The Golden Rule Rule?. International Social Capital Conference, Taichung Taiwan, 2004. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE.
Erickson, Bonnie and Cote, Rochelle R. (2009). Social Capitals and Inequality: The Reproduction of Gender and Occupational Prestige Differences Through Individual Social Networks. American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Social Capital Regular Session, San Francisco, United States, 7-11 August 2009.
Cote, Rochelle R and Bonnie H. Erickson (2008). Varieties of Social Capital and Their Sources. American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Political Sociology Roundtable, New York, USA, 11 - 14 August 2007.
Cote, Rochelle R., Bonnie H. Erickson and Bob Andersen (2008). Social Influence and Social Tolerance: Networks, Neighbourhoods, Voluntary Associations, and Minority Tolerance. International Conference on Social Capital, Taipei, Taiwan, 28 - 30 May 2008.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2008). Developing Aboriginal Economies Panel. Aboriginal Economic Development: Developing Aboriginal Economies, Overcoming the Legacy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 01 May 2008.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2007). Aboriginal Policing and Social Capital – Some Policy Considerations and Pleas for Research. Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Social Capital Considerations in Aboriginal Policy Development Panel, Ottawa Canada, March 21-23, 2006.
Cote, Rochelle R. and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2007). Diverse Ties, Diverse Effects: Looking to Networks to Help Explain Tolerance towards Ethnic Minorities. American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Roundtable, New York, USA, 11 - 14 August 2007.
Cote, Rochelle R and Bonnie H. Erickson (2007). Diverse Ties, Diverse Effects: Looking to Networks to Help Explain Tolerance towards Ethnic Minorities. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Social Inequality Regular Session, Saskatoon, Canada, 29 May – 2 June 2007.
Cote, Rochelle R. and Bonnie H. Erickson (2007). Diverse Ties, Diverse Effects: Looking to Networks to Help Explain Tolerance towards Ethnic Minorities. XXVIIth International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 1-6, 2007.
Erickson, Bonnie H. and Cote, Rochelle R. (2007). Varieties of Social Capital and Their Sources. XXVIIth International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 1-6, 2007.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2006). Aboriginal Policing and Social Capital: Providing a Framework for Discussion. Social Capital and Public Policy Seminar. Joint Initiative of the Policy Research Initiative and Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, March 2, 2006.
Cote, Rochelle R., Gabriele Plickert and Barry Wellman (2006). It`s Not Who You Know But How You Know Them: Who Exchanges What With Whom?. American Sociological Meetings, Community and Regional Development, Community and Social Networks Regular Session, Montreal, Canada, August 12-16, 2006.
Cote, Rochelle R and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2006). Untangling the Roots of Tolerance: How Networks, Voluntary Associations, and Personal Attributes Shape Attitudes toward Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants. Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, Social Networks Regular Session, Toronto Canada, June 2006.
Cote, Rochelle R. (2006). Social Ties and Community Success: Using Social Capital to Create and Sustain Entrepreneurship in Toronto’s Aboriginal Community. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Graduate Students Workshop in Indigenous Studies, Victoria, Canada, May 18-21, 2006.
Côté, Rochelle and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2005). Untangling the roots of tolerance: how networks, voluntary associations, and personal attributes shape attitudes toward ethnic minorities and immigrants. ASA 2005: American Sociological Association 100th Annual Meeting. Social Networks Regular Session, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 13-16 August, 2005. Washington, DC, USA: American Sociological Association.
Côté, Rochelle R. and Erickson, Bonnie H. (2005). Untangling the roots of tolerance: how networks, voluntary associations, and personal attributes shape attitudes toward ethnic minorities and immigrants. INSNA 2005: XXVth International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Redondo Beach, CA, USA, 16-20 February, 2005.
Plickert, Gabriele, Côté, Rochelle and Wellman, Barry (2004). Tit-for-tat and all that: reciprocity among East Yorkers. INSNA 2004: XXIVth International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Portoroz, Slovenia, 12-16 May 2004. Ljubljana, Slovenia: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.