scholarly journals To Bond or to Bridge? Contingent Effects of Managers’ Social Capital on Organizational Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangyub Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
The Impact

A top manager’s social capital is considered a critical resource for determining organizational outcomes. However, little is known about the impact of social capital on public organizations’ performance. By dimensionalizing social capital into two subdimensions, this study investigates the impact of a superintendent’s bonding and bridging social capital on the performance of school districts. This study’s findings show that bridging social capital has positive impacts on organizational performance, but in a time of financial difficulty it worsens the negative shocks of the difficulty. Bonding social capital is found to be exactly the opposite. This study argues that choosing between bonding and bridging social capital is not an “either-or” question, and top managers are required to balance the two, depending on the situations that their organizations face.

scholarly journals Understanding the Impact of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship Performance: The Moderation Effects of Opportunity Recognition and Operational Competency

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui-hua Xie ◽  
Lin-ping Wang ◽  
Bey-fen Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Social capital, which is derived from psychological research, has an important value in the construction of network relationships in enterprises. It influences the direction and tendency of network connections in start-up enterprises and has gradually become an important factor in the study of entrepreneurship by scholars. However, the relationship between this and the effectiveness of innovation is unclear. In this study, the social capital is divided into bonding social capital and bridging social capital, and specific data of agricultural entrepreneurs are collected through questionnaire surveys. The results show that both bonding and bridging social capital have a significant positive effect on agricultural entrepreneurship performance. The entrepreneurial capacity of agricultural entrepreneurs regulates the relationship between social capital and creative performance. In the relationship between integrated social capital and creative performance, operational competency plays a positive role and opportunity recognition plays a negative role. On the other hand, in the relationship between bridging social capital and creative performance, the opportunity recognition plays a positive role and the operational competency plays a negative role. Finally, based on the above findings, this study proposes theoretical and practical implications and suggestions for follow-up research.

scholarly journals Gender gap in the impact of social capital on household food security in Zimbabwe: does spatial proximity matter?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrence Kairiza ◽  
George Kembo ◽  
Vengesai Magadzire ◽  
Lloyd Chigusiwa
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
Female Headed Households ◽  
The Impact

AbstractDespite the numerous strides that have been made towards ensuring food security since the launch of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the gap between the rich and poor across and within countries is still worryingly too large. Around 57.7% of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) population is food insecure compared to 26.4% of the world population. It is therefore necessary to make concerted efforts to improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the developing world particularly among the poorest and most vulnerable groups. This paper employs propensity score matching analysis to explore gender heterogeneity in the impact of bonding and bridging social capital on household food security on the basis of a nationally representative sample of Zimbabwean households. It offers five major findings. First, female headed households are more likely to have bonding social capital than their male counterparts. Second, there are no gender differences in the household’s ability to possess bridging social capital. Third, household spatial proximity to households with social capital improves the probability of the household possessing social capital. Fourth, both bonding and bridging social capital improves household food security. Finally, female headed households are more able to increase food security than those headed by males when they have both bonding and bridging social capital. The study argues that coping strategies should target putting the family at the core of inclusive development agendas such as food and nutrition assistance programmes in order to maximise the likelihood of easing food insecurity within communities.

scholarly journals Expanding Accessibility to and Curricular Reform in Latin American Schools: Implications for Social Cohesion

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 25-55
Author(s):  
Cristián Cox
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
National Society ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Symbolic Resources ◽  
Curriculum Orientation ◽  
American Schools ◽  
The Impact

The article examines Latin American educational policies in the last decade and a half from the perspective of their contribution to social cohesion. After establishing the direct relation between education and social cohesion, the author evaluates the impact of the substantial expansion of schooling in the region as a contributor to social cohesion. The latter takes place because education ensures the sharing of common symbolic resources among a large percentage of the population. It also facilitates dynamics of intergenerational mobility that also contribute to social cohesion. The article also presents the results of a comparative analysis of citizen formation curricula as developed in seven countries in the region: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. The central questions are based on the orientations taken by these countries with regard to the formation of bridging social capital (between groups), or of bonding social capital (within the groups) (Putnam, 2000), and to the relations the curricula establish with the past. The latter has as a point of reference the creation of a common identity (national) among groups exhibiting clear socio-economic differences. The analysis concludes that the curriculum orientation of the various countries examined in the study are related to the specific perspective of social cohesion that each national society holds.

scholarly journals 'I Hear You': Effects of Voice Communication on the Social Capital of Gamers

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Cosmin Ghețău ◽  
Mihai Bogdan Iovu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Voice Communication ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

In the present paper we approached bonding and bridging social capital among gamers (seen as individuals who spend at least an hour a day in games) who use (or don’t use) voice communication while playing. Suspecting that voice communication usage facilitates the social capital formation. We also investigated the role of perceived anonymity as a confounding variable. To test our hypothesis, a quantitative research was carried out. The study focuses on the subsequent elements: voice application usage; perceived anonymity; and the presence of the following forms of social capital: bonding social capital and bridging social capital. Data collection was based on surveys spread in the online environment and resulted in a sample of 102 respondents. Based on quasi-experimental design we obtained data that display higher mean scores on bonding and bridging social capital scales on the experiment group (voice communication users) than in control group (non-voice communication users). Also, control group have a lower score on the perceived anonymity scale. One explanation for our results could be that voice communication reduces perceived anonymity and individuals that consider themselves as having a low level of anonymity engage in more controlled behaviors that in turn facilitate the formation of social capital.

scholarly journals Understanding Sporting Social Media Brand Communities, Place and Social Capital: A Netnography of Football Fans

2021 ◽  
pp. 216747952098614
Author(s):  
Alex Fenton ◽  
Brendan James Keegan ◽  
Keith D. Parry
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Brand Communities ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Digital Channels

The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential for social media brand communities to develop a sense of both community and place amongst sports fans. It explores their influence in placemaking initiatives through the bonding and bridging social capital of a football club’s supporters. A netnographic study of a football club’s supporter networks (five channels) and their interactions with social media brand communities was performed. Data gathered from online sources was underpinned by interviews with 25 members of the community. Findings were analysed via NVivo using bridging and bonding social capital as a theoretical lens. The paper makes two primary contributions to knowledge. It enhances our understanding of the impact of SMBCs and their use in a sporting context—an area that has become increasingly significant during the COVID-19 pandemic enforced lockdowns that have kept fans out of venues. It also contributes to our understanding of the influence of placemaking strategies upon the social capital of supporter communities.

Online Bonding and Bridging Social Capital via Social Networking Sites

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azza Abdel-Azim Mohamed Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

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 snow-ball sample of 230 Emiratis from two Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai was used. 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.

scholarly journals Benefits and pitfalls of social capital for farmer cooperatives: evidence from China

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1137-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yining Xu ◽  
Qiao Liang ◽  
Zuhui Huang
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

This paper conducts an exploratory analysis on the role of social capital in influencing both economic and social performance of farmer cooperatives based on a sample of 156 farmers from 54 vegetable cooperatives in China’s Hebei and Zhejiang provinces. Social capital is distinguished into bonding and bridging dimensions, with the former referring to the internal aspect of social capital and the latter the external “Guanxi” (meaning relationship) possessed by core members. The statistical results display that specific dimensions of social capital may not deliver the benefits expected by cooperative practitioners and academics. Both positive and negative effects of social capital on performances of farmer cooperatives are observed. To be specific, bonding social capital is positively associated with common members’ economic benefits. Bridging social capital generates beneficial outcomes for the financial and social performances of cooperatives, while exhibiting negative influence on common members’ income increase because of member heterogeneity.

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