Social Capital and Organizational Performance: Evidence from Urban Public Schools

By Carrie R. Leana, Frits K. Pil. Organ. Sci., 2006

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The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance (2010, background): “…performance is increasingly being measured in terms of student achievement in standardized tests in reading and math, although there is considerable debate over whether absolute levels of test performance, or performance improvement, is a better measure of effectiveness (Leana and Pil 2006).”
A Relational Model of How High-Performance Work Systems Work (2010, background): “Leana and Pil (2006) developed and tested a similar model in the context of public schools.”
The Effect of Principal Behaviors on Student, Teacher, and School Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature (2019, methodology): “Leithwood and Sun (2012) demonstrate that transformational leadership practices such as Holding High Expectations, Achieving Consensus among Staff, or Giving Staff Purpose for their Work may be valuable techniques in school leadership, but the mechanisms by which principals can accomplish these ends”
Nexus between social capital and performance of micro and small firms in an emerging economy: The mediating role of innovation (2017, methodology): “Leana and Pil (2006) concluded that there is a positive relationship between social capital and corporate performance, while Geletkanycz and Hambrick (1997) reported that the relationship networks (or social capital) are important sources of information and knowledge that complement the experiences…”
Internal integration as a pre-condition for external integration in global sourcing: A social capital perspective (2014, background): “In recent years, various scholars have investigated the link between external supplier integration and performance (e.g. Lawson et al., 2008; Leana and Pil, 2006).”
A Measure of Variations in Internal Social Capital among Family Firms (2011, background): “Recent research by Leana and Pil (2006) introduced an 18-item measure of internal social capital.”
Teacher Attrition and Retention Research in Australia: Towards a New Theoretical Framework (2015, positive): “…Darling-Hammond, 2000; Goldhaber & Anthony, 2005; Goldhaber & Brewer, 1999), teaching skills (Frome, Lasater, & Cooney, 2005; Matsumura, Garnier, Pascal, & Valdes, 2002), teacher characteristics (Goddard, Hoy, & Hoy, 2000; Leana & Pil, 2006), and teacher-student relationships (Liberante, 2012).”
Gone but Not Lost: The Different Performance Impacts of Employee Mobility Between Cooperators Versus Competitors (2008, methodology): “Early research in sociology centered around the benefits individuals obtain from social capital (Coleman, 1988; Portes, 1998); research in management has been largely interested in social capital as an organizational or firm-level phenomenon (Leana & Pil, 2006; Nahapiet & Ghoshal, 1998).”
Intra- and Interschool Interactions about Instruction: Exploring the Conditions for Social Capital Development (2015, background): “Second, most research focuses on social relations within schools among students and among staff (Coburn et al. 2012; Daly et al. 2010; Frank et al. 2004, 2011; Hallinan 2007; Leana and Pil 2006; Moolenaar et al. 2011, 2014; Pil and Leana 2009; Spillane et al. 2012).”
The Importance and Benefits of Teacher Collegiality in Schools – A Literature Review (2012, background): “The qualities and characteristics that fall under the labels of teacher individualism, isolation, and privatism are widely perceived as threats or barriers to teacher professional growth and development.”
Teacher effects on student achievement in first grade: which aspects matter most? (2014, background): “These include teachers’ perception of professional relationships and trust between teachers (e.g., Jacobs & Harvey, 2010; Leana & Pil, 2006), perceptions about the facilities, finances, school equipment and resources, perceptions on the formalization of rules and procedures, and perceptions…”
Constancy and Change in Work Practice in Schools: The Role of Organizational Routines (2011, background): “…among organizational members, underscoring the critical role of strong ties and ties that span the formal organizational structure in enabling planned change (Coburn, 2001; Frank, Zhao, & Borman, 2004; Leana & Pil, 2006; Penuel, Frank, & Krause, 2007; Reagans & McEvily, 2003; Spillane, 2004).”
Understanding the Impact of Opinion Leaders’ Characteristics on Online Group Knowledge-Sharing Engagement from In-Group and Out-Group Perspectives: Evidence from a Chinese Online Knowledge-Sharing Community (2019, background): “Leana and Pil pointed out that internal social capital lies in the relationships among members of a community or enterprise [35], while Zahra suggested that external social capital exists in the form of network connections among external individuals, organizations, or communities [36].”