scholarly journals Social Capital Formation among Turkish Women

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gizem Arat ◽  
Arzu Icagasıoglu-Coban ◽  
Gonca Polat
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Turkish Women ◽  
Community Centers

The purpose of the current study was to identify Turkish women’s social capital formation. This study consisted of 170 women with low SES residing closer to shantytowns. The authors performed the Logistic regression analysis to examine the social capital formation (civic engagement, trust, social participation, and social networks) of women in terms of six variables (age, educational level, employment and marital status, homeownership, community centers, and the length of stay in the same neighborhood) in four different community centers in Ankara, Turkey. Logistic regression results suggest that the length of stay in the same neighborhood was associated both with staying in touch with neighbors (social networks) and trust in municipal service provision (trust), and women’s educational level was associated with voting (civic engagement) and the utilization of municipal services (social participation). Further research should be conducted by comparing men’s and women’s social capital creation by adding other variables.

Cyber Behavior and Social Capital

2012 ◽  
pp. 1063-1073
Author(s):  
Tetsuro Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter reviews historical development of research on cyber behavior and social capital, based on the definition by Robert D. Putnam, by focusing on the relationship between Information Communication and Technology use with social networks, civic engagement, as well as social trust. Firstly, the intellectual history of studies on cyber behavior and social capital is reviewed. Secondly, important past studies on the relationship between ICT use and social capital are focused from four perspectives: social networks, civic engagement, local community, and mobile phone use. Finally, future research directions are discussed from the perspective of comparative culture and rapidly evolving high-functionality smart phones.

scholarly journals Methodological challenges in harmonisation of the variables used as indicators of social capital in epidemiological studies of ageing – results of the ATHLOS project

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Zawisza ◽  
Barbara Woźniak ◽  
Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk ◽  
Aleksander Galas ◽  
Iago Giné-Vázquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Group Validity ◽  
Methodological Aspects

Abstract The present article aims to highlight methodological aspects related to understanding and conceptualising social capital for the purposes of population research as well as describing the key challenges in the harmonisation process of indicators of social capital. The study was conducted in the frame of the Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies (ATHLOS) project. After a review of social capital theories developed in social science and a subsequent review of the documentation of 18 international cohorts, decision trees of the harmonisation of social variables were developed. The known-group validity was verified. The results focused on generalised trust, civic engagement and social participation are presented. The summary of the availability of any indicators of these concepts is classified in seven domains (generalised trust, political participation, religious participation, senior-specific participation, participation in sport groups, participation in volunteer/charity group activities, any participation) across surveys. The results of the analysis for known-group validity support the construct validity of the harmonised variables.

scholarly journals Social capital in Spain: Are there gender inequalities?

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Muñoz-Goy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Groups

Social capital is an asset for individuals because it grants access to important resources embedded in their social networks. But social capital is not evenly distributed among different groups. Gender groups are analysed in this paper in order to examine if there are differences in diverse indicators of social capital and whether these possible differences remain when control variables are considered. The data used in this paper come from a representative sample of 3,400 people in Spain. The main results show gender differences in the access, mobilisation and type of social networks, as well as in the extent and type of social participation. However, these differences are mostly reduced for the groups in more advantageous social positions, which have the possibility to contact with greater and more varied groups, or which have been educated in less traditional gender roles. In general, gender inequalities in social capital remain for the other groups.

scholarly journals PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DAN MODAL SOSIAL DALAM PEMBANGUNAN

Sosio Informa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hari Harjanto Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Welfare Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Collective Production

Social participation of community in social welfare services is one of interested to social problem in social environment. Social participation is bottom up from planing, action, budgeting to evaluation. social capital is a set of informal values or norms shared among members of a group that permits cooperation among them. Social capital is generally referred to as the set of trust, institutions, social norms, social networks, and organizations that shape the interactions of actors within a society and are an asset for the individual and collective production of well-being. At the macro level, social capital can affect the economic performance and the processes of eco- nomic growth and development. This papper to dercribe about social participation in the community.Keywords : Participation, SocialCapital, Development

scholarly journals The role of social capital in Iranian agricultural students' acquisition of generic skills

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesamedin Gholami ◽  
Amir Alambeigi ◽  
Mohammadreza Farrokhnia ◽  
Omid Noroozi ◽  
Mostafa Karbasioun
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Of Students

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the role of social capital in Iranian agricultural students' acquisition of generic skills. For this purpose, the effect of various social capital dimensions on students' generic skills development was examined.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted among 190 third- and fourth-year undergraduate students in one of the colleges of agriculture and natural resources in Iran. The partial least square method was used to examine the relationships among various social capital dimensions (i.e. social values, social trust, social networks, social cohesion, social participation, social communications and information sharing) with students' generic skills.FindingsThe findings showed that social networks and social participation are effective factors in the generic skills development of students. A model designed for the development of students' generic skills based on their social capital level predicted up to 33% of generic skills' variances. Furthermore, the multi-group analysis showed that males and females vary on how various social capital dimensions affect their generic skills. In this respect, the social participation dimension had a significantly greater impact on female students' generic skills, whereas the generic skills of male students were influenced more by the social cohesion dimension.Practical implicationsDeveloping generic skills through social capital can be considered as an effective strategy in countries that do not have formal programs for developing students' generic skills. Additionally, higher education policymakers should present a more supportive approach for developing generic skills of female students through social participation in the campuses.Originality/valueSo far, no study has examined the relationships among various social capital dimensions and students' generic skills in Iran. The picture is even more unclear when it comes to the differences between male and female students. The results of this study confirmed the importance of social networks and social participation in the universities to support students and to improve their generic skills and, consequently, their employability competencies. Furthermore, it could be inferred that male and female students have similarities and also differences in terms of the effect of social capital on developing generic skills that can provide a path for future studies.

scholarly journals Study on the Influence of Social Capital on Farmers’ Participation in Rural Domestic Sewage Treatment in Nanjing, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2479
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Huawei Zheng ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Feng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Treatment Participation

Rural domestic sewage treatment is not only an important part of the renovation of rural human settlements, but also a major measure to revitalize those areas. In the absence of extensive participation by farmers, it is difficult to achieve desired results. From the theoretical analysis of the influence of social capital on farmers’ participation, and based on the survey data of farmers in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, this study used a logistic model to analyze the influence of social capital and personal, family, and awareness characteristics of farmers on their participation levels. Social capital plays a significant role in promoting farmers’ participation, and the contribution of its core variables is in the following order: social norms > social trust > social networks. Among the control variables, the need for domestic sewage treatment, participation in environmental training, educational level, and participation in a village cadre significantly enhance farmers’ participation levels. Consequently, promotion of rural domestic sewage treatment should include improvement of farmers’ social trust, social norms, and social networks, to enhance social capital. Publicity and education should be reinforced, and environmental training should be carried out to improve farmers’ awareness and sense of responsibility, leading them to active participation.

scholarly journals Impact of social capital on access to formal credits of shrimp households in the coastal districts of Ben Tre

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Trinh Quoc Trung ◽  
Duong The Duy
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Informal Social Networks

The study was conducted in Ben Tre’s three coastal districts, namely Binh Dai, Ba Tri and Thanh Phu, with the aim to identify the structure and quality of social capital as well as its impact on the access to formal credits of 172 shrimp households. Using descriptive statistics, Logistic regression and multivariate regression, the results show that official social networks (i.e. associations and organizations), informal social networks (farming management, credit officers, family - . friends – colleagues), age, experience, number of years living in the locality and education level are determinants of the access to formal credits and credit amounts. In addition, the study also proposed a number of measures to expand the social capital and enhance the accessibility to formal credits of shrimp households.

scholarly journals Formel frivillighed og uformel hjælp. To forskellige former for civilt engagement?

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hermansen ◽  
Thomas P. Boje
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Formal Volunteering ◽  
The People ◽  
Family Tradition ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Informal Help

Formel frivillighed og uformel hjælp er begge kategorier under fællesbetegnelsen civilt engagement. Der er tale om begreber, der i de senere år har fået en stadig større opmærksomhed, men som det dog alligevel har været svært at afgrænse. Denne artikels formål er at belyse, hvordan sociale ressourcer og netværk indvirker på folks deltagelse i frivilligt arbejde. Der er tale om en analyse af Danmark anno 2012. Et vigtigt resultat i den empiriske analyse er, at der ikke er den store forskel på personer, der er aktive i enten formel frivillighed eller uformel hjælp, men forskellen er nok større i forhold til personer, der ikke er frivillige. Socialisering spiller dog en væsentlig rolle. Personer, der er vokset op med frivillighed, er mere tilbøjelige til at udføre formel frivillighed end andre. For dem, som udfører uformel hjælp, har tradition for frivillighed mindre betydning. Her er det primært styrken af de tætte sociale netværk, som er afgørende. Den gruppe, som adskiller sig mest fra de inaktive, er gruppen, der udfører begge former for frivillighed. Gruppen af dobbeltengagerede er kendetegnet ved at have flere ressourcer, stærkere sociale netværk, mere tillid til andre personer og dedikere meget tid til frivillighed. De har med andre ord meget social kapital. ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Jonathan Hermansen and Thomas P. Boje: Formal Volunteering and Informal Help. Two Different Forms of Civil Engagement? Formal volunteering and informal help are both examples of civic engagement. They are concepts, which have received increasing attention in recent years. The aim of this article is to analyze how social resources and networks affect the propensity to undertake formal volunteering and informal help. The data is from a survey of volunteering in Denmark from 2012. An important result of the empirical analysis is that there is little difference between the people who are engaged in formal volunteer work or informal help, but there is a difference between them and those people who are not active. Socialization, however, plays a significant role. People, who grew up with volunteering as a family tradition, are more likely to engage in formal volunteering. In contrast, a tradition of volunteering does not have significant impact on whether you informally help others. Rather, it appears that the strength of the close social networks (”bonding social capital”) is crucial for informal helping. People engaged in both types of civic engagement differ remarkably from the group that is not active in any type of volunteering. People engaged in both types of civic engagement possess more social resources and stronger social networks. They have more trust in other people and they spend much time volunteering. That is, this group has much ”social capital”. Keywords: civic engagement, civil society, formal volunteering, informal help, social capital.

scholarly journals Russian organizations social capital formation internal factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-278
Author(s):  
O. A. Igumnov
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Structural Aspect ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Organizational Social Capital

The article presents the results of Russian organizations social capital formation internal factors studies. This problem is considered from the conceptual-theoretical model proposed by the author point of view which assumes to consider social capital as a specific management resource the formation of which is influenced by a set of external and internal factors.The author notes a certain inconsistency of the research in particular heterogeneity of social groups which negatively affects the formation of organizational social capital due to the lack of a general tendency to pro-social behavior.The analysis of the structural aspect of social capital using data on social networks reflects to a greater extent its relational component characterizing social networks in terms of content and strength of connections.The article highlights the typical limitations of studies (such as indicators limitation, incompleteness of coverage of social capital different aspects, the aspiration to consider the organizational social capital as the sum of the individual capitals, insufficient sample sizes) contributing to their fragmentation and the narrative.The author notes the special role of corporate social responsibility system and social policy as a factors in organization social capital formation process. Corporate culture is defined as a factor of social capital formation as well. It is considered as an independent component of organization functioning.

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