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The Network Structure Of Social Capital

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Title
The Network Structure Of Social Capital
Abstract/Description
This is a review of argument and evidence on the connection between social networks and social capital. My summary points are three: (1) Research and theory will better cumulate across studies if we focus on the network mechanisms responsible for social capital effects rather than trying to integrate across metaphors of social capital loosely tied to distant empirical indicators. (2) There is an impressive diversity of empirical evidence showing that social capital is more a function of brokerage across structural holes than closure within a network, but there are contingency factors. (3) The two leading network mechanisms can be brought together in a productive way within a more general model of social capital. Structural holes are the source of value added, but network closure can be essential to realizing the value buried in the holes.
Author/creator
Date
2000
In publication
Research in Organizational Behavior
Volume
22
Pages
345-423
Resource type
en
Medium
en Print
Background/context type
en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
Language
en
ISSN
0191-3085
Citation
Burt, R. S. (2000). The Network Structure Of Social Capital. Research in Organizational Behavior, 22, 345–423. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-3085(00)22009-1
Abbreviation
Research in Organizational Behavior

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