Social Capital: Theories of Capital

By Nan Lin. 2001

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Linking Extroversion and Proactive Personality to Career Success (2017, background): “We examine extroversion and proactivity as these are action-oriented personality characteristics that entail attributes such as ambition, sociability, and initiative and are theorized to influence the seeking and attaining of social resources (Lin, 2001).”
Community Driven Development, Collective Action and Elite Capture in Indonesia (2007, background): “…contribution of social capital to development remains a contentious issue in social science (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1988; Fine, 2001; Loury, 1977; Portes, 1998) and in public policy (Harriss, 2001; Lin, 2001; Mayer, 2003; Mayer and Rankin, 2002; Mayoux, 2001; Paldman, 2000; Rankin, 2002).”
Activity Spaces, Biographies, Social Networks and their Welfare Gains and Externalities: Some Hypotheses and Empirical Results (2005, background): “A hysteresis-like pattern is likely to emerge due to the social capital inherent in the networks, such as common understandings, trained ability for successful joint performance, co-evolution of skills or joint history (see also Lin, 2001; Sobel, 2002; Grieco, 1988).”
The individual experience of unemployment. (2012, background): “A member of one's social network may help by offering information about available jobs, alerting the organization that the job seeker is available or interested, exerting actual influence over the decision to hire the job seeker, or standing behind the job seeker as a good hire (Lin 2001).”
Resource-Based Perspectives on Unit-Level Human Capital (2014, background): “By considering the companion perspective on SC as embedded in the structural aspects of network among individuals (e.g., Burt, 2000; Coleman, 1988; Lin, 2001b), we can also understand SC as related to the HCR’s context.”
Network composition, collaborative ties, and upgrading in emerging-market firms: Lessons from the Argentine autoparts sector (2010, background): “Networks are often exclusive and path dependent, and in turn can constrain a firm’s ability to gain new information while reinforcing old routines or practices (Gulati, 1999; Lin, 2001).”
Predictors of Delayed College Enrollment and the Impact of Socioeconomic Status (2007, background): “While human capital is an investment in education, training, health, or mobility, social capital is an investment in relationships that helps the individual participating in the relationship or network to gain knowledge about resources available (Lin, 2001).”
Civic Engagement Scale (2013, background): “Lin (2001) defined social capital as an initial investment in 1University of Tennessee–Chattanooga, TN, USA 2University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work, Louisville, KY, USA 3University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Corresponding Author: Amy Doolittle, Social Work…”
STUDYING COLLEGE ACCESS AND CHOICE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL MODEL (2006, background): “Despite this and other differences (Dika and Singh, 2002; Lin, 2001b), both Coleman and Bourdieu recognize that “social capital consists of resources embedded in social relations and social structures, which can be mobilized when an actor wishes to increase the likelihood of success in a purposive…”
Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices (2011, background): “Social capital and relationship development online and offline The concept of social capital traces its roots to the work of Bourdieu (1986) and Coleman (1988), with subsequent extension by Burt (1992), Putnam (1995), and Lin (2001).”
Social ties and international entrepreneurship: Opportunities and constraints affecting firm internationalization (2011, background): “This ought to be expected, given that social capital, by definition, implies investing in social relations with the expectation of producing a profit (Lin, 2001).”
Individual Determinants of Participation in Community Development in Indonesia (2005, background): “Another important element of social capital is an indiviidual's access to social networks (Lin, 2001).”