Impoverished Single Mother Households and Violent Delinquency: Bonding, Negative, and Bridging Social Capital

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110176
Author(s):  
Stacy De Coster ◽  
Karen Heimer ◽  
Kenneth Sanchagrin

This paper develops an economic and social capital model linking single mothering in poverty to adolescent violence. Our model focuses on bonding social capital within parent-child relationships, negative social capital in delinquent peer groups, and bridging social capital residing in youths’ friendship networks. Our research is the first to consider that the family experiences of adolescents’ peers affect adolescent violence. We test hypotheses using the Add Health, finding that peer networks are a source of bridging social capital through which collective parenting helps explain youth violence as well as the links between family structural (dis)advantages and youth violence.

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Ciravegna ◽  
Liena Kano ◽  
Francesco Rattalino ◽  
Alain Verbeke

We discuss family firm longevity building upon a new conceptual lens, informed by transaction cost economics (TCE), but augmented with corporate diplomacy thinking. Family firms, because of their superior foundation of bonding social capital (interpreted here as a firm-specific, transaction cost-reducing governance mechanism), have an intrinsic advantage vis-à-vis nonfamily firms with regards to utilizing network ties supportive of longevity. Most family firms, however, fail to leverage effectively this governance tool to achieve longevity, due to bifurcation bias (BB), that is, the unchecked prioritization of assets and relationships that hold affective value for the family. We propose that corporate diplomacy, through its three process steps, familiarization, acceptance, and engagement, can help the family firm augment its baseline reservoir of social capital, and allows improved economizing on contracting challenges that endanger its survival. Externally, corporate diplomacy helps economizing on expressions of BB in relationships with outside stakeholders, thus augmenting bridging social capital. Internally, it can address biased treatment of family versus nonfamily human assets, thereby augmenting bonding social capital. Intergenerationally, corporate diplomacy supports access to, and improved reliance upon the firm’s social capital by next generation family members. The family firms that focus on corporate diplomacy processes and the resulting social capital creation greatly improve their chances of longevity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 881
Author(s):  
Maide Gök

In Turkey, it is seen that social capital is tried to be defined as an economic term and to be discussed the most depend on economic issues. This situation is thought to lead to the neglect of the family which plays an active role in the formation of social capital cases, makes difficult to detect individual and social problems that arise due to depending on lack of family’s social capital. On the other hand, in the literature studies conducted by Parcel, and Menagh, Naples, Kaplan, Astone, Nathanson, and Schoen, Dyke, and Wilson, Morrow, İsrael, Beaulieu, and Glen, Pinkerton, and Dolan, Sorenson, Kenneth, Goodpaster, and Hedberg, Ravanera, and Rajulthan it is demonstrated that family life has contribute to formation of the basic elements of social capital such as network and adoption of trust and recprocity. In current study, moving from above mentioned studies ‘findings it is sought that how observed qualifications and change in family structure affect production of social capital. In the study, it is observed that the types of families that differ in social capital formation and has been shown to have both positive and negative aspects of social capital formation of the same family type. The observed changes in the family structure do not ever negatively affect social capital production and domestic bonding social capital and bridging social capital in the family have many important benefits for individual and social life. In this study, it is aimed to provide conceptual, theoretical and methodological framework to future practical studies in Turkey. Besides it is thought that current study will show how lack of social capital causes problems and emerging debates about family’s role on social capital generation start to weaken, and whether social capital is an individual or collective value. Özet Türkiye’de sosyal sermayenin iktisadi bir kavram gibi tanımlanmaya çalışıldığı ve en çok iktisadi konulara bağlı olarak ele alındığı görülmektedir. Sosyal sermayenin oluşumunda etkin bir rol oynadığı düşünülen ailenin ihmal edilmesine neden olan bu durum, ailenin sosyal sermaye yoksunluğuna bağlı olarak ortaya çıkan bireysel ve toplumsal sorunların tespitini zorlaştırmaktadır. Diğer taraftan, literatürde Parcel ve Menaghan, Naples, Kaplan, Astone, Nathanson ve Schoen, Dyk ve Wilson, Morrow, Pinkerton ve Dolan, Sorenson, Kenneth, Goodpaster ve Hedberg, İsrael, Beaulieu ve Glen, Ravanera ve Rajulthan tarafından yapılan çalışmalarda aile yaşamının sosyal sermayenin temel unsurları olan ağların oluşmasına ve güven ve karşılılık gibi normların benimsetilmesine katkıda bulunduğu ortaya konmaktadır. Söz konusu çalışmaların bulgularından hareketle bu çalışmada aile yapısında gözlemlenen niteliklerin ve değişimlerin ailenin sosyal sermaye üretimini nasıl etkilediği sorusuna cevap aranmıştır. Çalışmada, aile türlerinin sosyal sermaye oluşumlarının farklılık arz ettiği ve aynı aile türünün sosyal sermaye oluşumu için hem pozitif hem negatif yönlere sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Aile yapılarında gözlemlenen değişimler ise sosyal sermaye üretimini her zaman olumsuz etkilememekte ve aile içi bağ kuran ve aile dışı köprü kuran sosyal sermayenin bireysel ve toplumsal yaşam için çok önemli getirileri bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın Türkiye’de yapılacak uygulamalı çalışmalara kavramsal, kuramsal ve metodolojik bir çerçeve sunması hedeflenmekle birlikte, sosyal sermaye yoksunluğunun yol açtığı sorunların görünür kılınmasına, ailenin sosyal sermaye üretimindeki yerinin zayıflamaya başladığı ile ilgili ortaya çıkan tartışmalara ve sosyal sermayenin bireysel mi yoksa kolektif bir değer mi? olduğu sorusuna katkı sağlaması düşünülmektedir.


2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110000
Author(s):  
Jonathan Muringani ◽  
Rune D Fitjar ◽  
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Social capital is an important factor explaining differences in economic growth among regions. However, the key distinction between bonding social capital, which can lead to lock-in and myopia, and bridging social capital, which promotes knowledge flows across diverse groups, has been overlooked in growth research. In this paper, we address this shortcoming by examining how bonding and bridging social capital affect regional economic growth, using data for 190 regions in 21 EU countries, covering eight waves of the European Social Survey between 2002 and 2016. The findings confirm that bridging social capital is linked to higher levels of regional economic growth. Bonding social capital is highly correlated with bridging social capital and associated with lower growth when this is controlled for. We do not find significantly different effects of bonding social capital in regions with more or less bridging social capital, or vice versa. We examine the interaction between social and human capital, finding that bridging social capital is fundamental for stimulating economic growth, especially in low-skilled regions. Human capital also moderates the relationship between bonding social capital and growth, reducing the negative externalities imposed by excessive bonding.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8489
Author(s):  
Hua Pang ◽  
Jingying Wang ◽  
Xiang Hu

As the most prevalent social media platform in mainland China, WeChat enables interpersonal communication among users and serves as an innovative marketing platform for enterprises to interact with consumers. Although numerous studies have investigated the antecedents of electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM), WeChat users’ specific behaviors still receive limited academic attention. Drawing from social capital theory and social exchange theory, this article develops a model to systematically explore three differentiated types of WeChat behaviors and their association with users’ social capital and e-WOM intention. The conceptual model is explicitly evaluated by utilizing web-based data gathered from 271 young people. Obtained results demonstrate the path effects indicating that: (1) WeChat use behaviors such as seeking, sharing, and liking can positively influence bonding social capital, while only the impacts of sharing and liking on bridging social capital are significant; (2) bonding and bridging social capital are both significant predictors of e-WOM intention, and bonding social capital is the more influential of the two; (3) bonding social capital partially mediates the effect of seeking on e-WOM intention. These findings are eloquent for researchers and operators to further grasp the increasing importance of WeChat adoption and social capital on young generations’ e-WOM intention in the evolving digital age.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Taane La Ola ◽  
Nur Isiyana Wianti ◽  
Muslim Tadjuddah

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the differences in the strength of social capital that is bonding and bridging two community groups, namely land-dwellers and Sama Bajo boat-dwellers in three islands in Wakatobi Marine National Park. This study used a post-positivistic research paradigm, and the primary data were collected by using a questionnaire to 240 respondents who represented the group of land-dwellers and Sama Bajo boat-dwellers on the islands of Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, and Tomia. This research was also supported by qualitative data through in-depth interviews from several informants and desk studies. The results showed that bridging social capital relations tend to be weak in the two forms of interactions between the Sama Bajo and the land-dwellers on Wangi-wangi Island and Kaledupa Island, while bridging social capital tend to be secured in Tomia Island. We found that the social context through the historical links in the past and identity played a role in the relationship of bridging social capital and bonding social capital in the three communities as an analytical unit of this research.  


Author(s):  
Azza Abdel-Azim Mohamed Ahmed

This research aimed to explore types of online social capital (bridging and bonding) that the Emiratis perceive in the context of social networking site (SNS) usage. A sample of 230 Emiratis from two Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, was used to investigate the hypothesis. The results showed that WhatsApp was the most frequent SNS used by the respondents. Also, a significant correlation of the intensity of social networking usage and bridging social capital was found, while there was no significant association between SNS usage and bonding social capital. The factors determined the SNSs usage motivations among the respondents were exchange of information, sociability, accessibility, and connections with overseas friends and families. Males were more likely than females to connect with Arab (non-Emiratis) and online bonding social capital. Both genders were the same in their SNSs motivations and online bridging social capital.


Author(s):  
Mathieu-Claude Chaboud

This chapter addresses the reactions from communities of early supporters of companies turning from participative forms of financing to classical venture capital and/or buyouts by blue chip firms. Through the study of two recent cases of major crowdfunding successes, namely Oculus VR, a Californian company which obtained nearly $2.5 Million in an exemplary Kickstarter campaign and was later bought by Facebook for $2 Billion, and Mojang, a Swedish company formed to manage the unprecedented success of a video game, Minecraft, sold to supporters from its unfinished versions, the firm being later purchased by Microsoft for $2.5 Billion. Both of these companies had to manage the changes in the nature of their relationships with their early supporters. This chapter proposes typologies of potentially harmful changes induced by attempts to transform bonding social capital into bridging social capital, as well as countermeasures available to entrepreneur to control the effects of such situations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-922
Author(s):  
Yung-Shen Yen ◽  
Mei-Chun Chen ◽  
Chun-Hsiung Su

PurposeThis study aims to explore the impact of social capital on job performance when workers interact with coworkers through social media in organizations.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was conducted, and a sample of 230 workers in Taiwan was investigated.FindingsThis study found that bonding social capital has a greater impact on job performance than bridging social capital for interactions among coworkers through social media in organizations. Moreover, bridging social capital affects job performance more strongly for male workers than for female workers, but bonding social capital affects job performance more strongly for female workers than for male workers.Research limitations/implicationsThis study extended social capital theory by adding the mediating effects of job satisfaction and relational satisfaction and the moderating effect of gender into the model.Practical implicationsThis study suggests that company managers need to train workers how to use social media to appropriate their affordances and consider the work team relationship to position adequate strategies for male and female workers.Originality/valueThis study advances the previous knowledge of social capital theory for workers interacting with coworkers through social media in organizations.


2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIM QUAILE HILL ◽  
TETSUYA MATSUBAYASHI

We test propositions about how different forms of civic engagement are related to democratic representation in American communities. Our data are for the samples of communities, their citizens, and their leaders originally examined by Verba and Nie inParticipation in America(1972). Our analyses of those data indicate that membership in bridging social–capital civic associations is unrelated to democratic responsiveness of leaders to the mass public but that bonding social–capital membership is negatively associated with such responsiveness. We also demonstrate that bonding social–capital civic engagement weakens the democratic linkage processes inherent in elections.


Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 2521-2539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Musso ◽  
Christopher Weare

This paper examines the variant roles that specific forms of networked-based social capital play in supporting the democratic functions of a neighbourhood governance network in Los Angeles. A significant body of empirical work has demonstrated the positive role that social capital plays in the functioning of civil society, but there has been less attention to the manner in which different types of network-based social capital promote support efficacy of multifaceted civic organisations. This paper utilises network measures from a survey of the members of a neighbourhood governance network in Los Angeles to explore the associations between types of network ties – within group; among groups; to different external stakeholders – and perceived self-efficacy of the member associations. We find that internal cohesion, or bonding social capital, promotes both advisement of city officials and promotion of local participation, suggesting that this network-based resource is fungible. Other network structures appear to have value in different contexts, in that stakeholder connections promote participation, while bridging social capital is associated with perceived success in advising city officials. The findings suggest that architects of participatory reform should be attentive to system goals in establishing supports for varying forms of system relationships.


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