The importance and usefulness of social capital as a concept in the study of organizations
have been established by a large body of research. The aim of this paper is to review the …

A growing number of sociologists, political scientists, economists, and organizational
theorists have invoked the concept of social capital in the search for answers to a …

Social capital refers to the resources derived from social relationships. Although the concept
of social capital has been applied at the individual, group, and organizational levels of …

Over the past decade social capital has matured from a concept into a field of research. We
identify some of the main theoretical developments over this period and point to some areas …

Social capital in general and the study of social capital in the context of organizations has
gained considerable attention in recent years. Despite the promise in the potency of the …

Recently, there has been a shift in the way management scholars view the firm, from
traditional models that are based on ideas of opportunism and market failure to newer …

The well-established concept of social capital in community studies is gaining prominence in
management studies over the last decade due to evolving workplace and workforce. The …

Organization scientists have recently introduced the concept of social capital to explain how
the fabric of social connections among organization members leads to superior …

This paper delves into various perspectives–philosophical, sociological, economic and
financial/business or oganisational-in literature on the concept of social capital. It presents a …

Numerous studies have examined the positive effects of social capital in organizations,
whereas the possible negative effects have attracted considerably less scholarly attention …