Social Capital: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Paul S. Adler, Seok-Woo Kwon. 2009

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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The Development of Entrepreneurial Leadership (2013, unknown): “While this social capital perspective still includes economic goods, the core of the theory is embodied in two linked but distinctive perspectives: the external, individual resources view and the internal, collective characteristics view (Alder and Kwon, 2000).”
In credit we trust: Building social capital by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh (2006, background): “Interested readers can consult several excellent surveys that are part of this voluminous literature ( Adler and Kwon, 1999; Harris, 1997; Woolcock, 1998b; Fine, 1999; Paldam and Svendsen, 2000).”
Expectations of organizational mobility, workplace social inclusion, and employee job performance (2004, background): “While definitions have varied (see Adler & Kwon, 2000; Leana & Van Buren, 1999; Lin, 1999; Burt, 2000, for reviews), a common understanding can be identified: social capital is a resource that can facilitate certain actions and is located in a network of more or less durable social relations.”
Is Busy Really Busy? Board Governance Revisited (2013, unknown): “, 2012), such as privileged and timely access to information or augmentation of social capital (Adler and Kwon, 2000).”
Achieving Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Family Capital Theory (2006, methodology): “…behavior for members of the family business; a common belief system that allows family members to communicate their ideas and make sense of common experiences (Adler & Kwon, 1999); and shared strategic visions, systems of meanings, and normative value orientations (Nahapiet & Ghoshall, 1998).”
The Importance of Social Capital to the Management of Multinational Enterprises: Relational Networks Among Asian and Western Firms (2002, background): “When resources are controlled by political centers, the threat of moral hazard and bribery is greater, and can lead to a rapid deterioration of firm resources (Adler and Kwon, 2000).”
Social capital and sustainable development: Theories and concepts (2005, unknown): “To trace the history of the notion of social capital back before its explicit invocation would therefore largely be to recapitulate the history of organisational research (Adler and Kwon, 1999).”
Network-based research in entrepreneurship A critical review (2003, background): “…advantages, but they do not contain a comprehensive discussion of network research within the field of entrepreneurship (Burt, 2000; Lin, 1999; Adler and Kwon, 1999).1 We begin by defining the three constructs that have emerged as key constructs of theoretical and empirical work in this area:…”
How boards’ internal and external social capital interact to affect firm performance (2016, background): “While many have argued the virtues of external social capital, others have pointed to the risks and/ or dangers involved (Adler and Kwon, 2009; Fligstein, 1995; Palmer et al., 1995).”