Social Capital Management Challenges

2016 ◽  
pp. 260-277
Author(s):  
Scott A. Hipsher
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Abstract Concept ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Core ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
Individual Success

Social capital is an abstract concept, yet it is widely believed the core aspects of social capital, the quality and quantity of social relationships, are important factors in organizational and individual success. An examination of the use of bonding and bridging social capital within Thailand was made. It was found, in principle; the managing of social capital in Thailand is similar to managing social capital in other locations, although the specific practices should be aligned with the unique cultural values found in Thailand. It is suggested that creating and using both bridging and bonding social capital are important components of the business environments found in Thailand.

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 '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.

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.

The effect of social capital on organizational repertoires of American Protestant missions

2021 ◽  
pp. 003776862110532
Author(s):  
Jared Bok
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Organizational Network ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Mission Agencies ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

A religious organization’s choice of activities is shaped not only by theological goals but also the capital available to it. Prior research has shown how economic and religious capital influence Protestant missionary organizations’ repertoires of activism but has largely ignored the role of social capital. Using the most recent data on transnational American Protestant mission agencies, this study aims to fill this gap. Using a Bourdieuian field approach and multiple correspondence analysis, the study finds that linking and bonding social capital both shape whether an agency generalizes rather than specializes in specific ministry activities. Both bonding and bridging social capital, in turn, prompt a more other-worldly than this-worldly ministry orientation, but this is a pattern most characteristic of Evangelical agencies, suggesting an intersection between religious identity and organizational network size. The study concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for interorganizational collaboration and resource use.

Putting “entrepreneurial finance education” on the map

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 984-1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Alexandra Macht
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Entrepreneurial Finance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Educational Literature ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
Finance Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring attention to “entrepreneurial finance education”, an aspect of entrepreneurship education that is widely taught but neglected by the educational literature. It does so by exploring how social capital, a key resource for entrepreneurs, can be incorporated into entrepreneurial finance education. Design/methodology/approach By drawing upon social capital literature in the context of funding sources for entrepreneurs, the paper highlights the significance of bonding and bridging social capital for entrepreneurial finance. Findings The review of relevant literature confirms the importance of social capital for entrepreneurial finance. The existence of bonding social capital, which refers to a trusting relationship between entrepreneurs and financiers, allows entrepreneurs to access their financiers’ resources (e.g. contacts, knowledge, reputation, further funds) through bridging social capital. Practical implications Students of entrepreneurial finance need to understand the role that both facets of social capital play in the context of fundraising. This paper proposes ways of incorporating social capital into various approaches to entrepreneurial finance education. This allows educators to include relevant topics and research into their syllabi, while enabling students to study a crucial, yet under-represented, topic in entrepreneurial finance education. Originality/value Given that entrepreneurial finance education has to date been neglected in the educational literature, this paper begins to address a huge void. It clarifies potential contents of entrepreneurial finance education, demonstrates the importance of including social capital in the education of entrepreneurial finance students and suggests practical ways of achieving this.

“My Family Are Supportive . . . But People in My Village Mock Me”: Bonding and Bridging Capital among Women Pursuing Secondary Education in Kathmandu, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 711-727
Author(s):  
Srijana Karki ◽  
Tamara L. Mix
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
School Bonding ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital

Women’s secondary schools have become an option for educational attainment in Nepal. We assess bonding and bridging social capital available to women who attend the Utprerana Women Secondary School (UWSS) in Nepal’s major city of Kathmandu. Using qualitative approaches, we consider the social capital available to women that both encourages and limits women’s educational access and address the networks women build when attending school. Bonding capital both encourages women to pursue their education and demands that women conform to traditional roles. School attendance prompts a change in bonding social capital, accumulated with family prior to school attendance. Women add to their bonding social capital by strengthening relationships with classmates and teachers. Women’s school attendance improved bridging social capital by enhancing future opportunities. Bonding social capital formed within the school provides emotional support, personal space from domestic responsibilities, and a sense of freedom, while demanding women’s conformity to expectations for student conduct.

Bypassing the Social Distance: International Catholic Community, Friendship, and Homemaking among Expatriates in Brno

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 80-105
Author(s):  
Milan Fujda ◽  
Michaela Ondrašinová ◽  
Miroslav Vrzal
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

Abstract We analyze the role of intimate social ties and community in the processes of homemaking and social integration of highly skilled migrants who are members of the local international Catholic community in Brno, Czech Republic. We use the concepts of bonding and bridging social capital developed by Michael W. Foley and Dean R. Hoge and follow their attention to the effects of the worship communities’ organizational culture on migrants’ integration. In the article, we show that the Catholic community mediates its members’ homemaking efficiently by providing them with rich bonding social capital, generated through close social ties in the community. However, it does not provide them with enough bridging social capital, and their social integration, thus, remains restricted to the company of international fellows. We compare it with the strategies of homemaking used by settling migrants who have integrated more successfully into the Czech social environment.

The mixed effects of organization’s and manager’s social capital: Evidence from the case of museums

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Camarero ◽  
María José Garrido ◽  
Carlos Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Mixed Effects ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
External Relationships ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

AbstractMuseums are organizations that need to maintain relationships with several stakeholders in order to achieve their economic and social objectives. In this context, the current paper explores the effect of an organization’s bonding social capital and a manager’s social capital on the organization’s ability to build external relationships, in other words, bridging social capital. Results from the study indicate that the structure of internal social capital (cohesion and diversity) and the manager’s role as a bridging tie facilitate relations with stakeholders and other museum networks. Moreover, collective social capital (bonding and bridging) has a direct impact on innovative proposals, on the museum’s image and on incomes, all of which entail key management implications.

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