Marina Tulin

Bio: Marina Tulin is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interpersonal ties & Social capital. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 9 publications receiving 80 citations. Previous affiliations of Marina Tulin include Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Personality and Social Capital.

Abstract: While previous research has shown that personality shapes social networks, we know very little about the relationship between these important psychological characteristics and the creation of social capital. In this article, we argue that personality shapes individuals’ ability to create social capital, and we predict positive associations between each of the Big Five personality traits and social capital. We tested our hypotheses using the Social Survey of the Networks of the Dutch, 2014, which contains data on about 1,069 respondents, including social capital and Big Five personality measures. Our findings showed that personality and social capital were related such that extraversion and openness predicted instrumental social capital, and extraversion, emotional stability, and agreeableness predicted expressive social capital. Conscientiousness benefited instrumental social capital when respondents were older or when social capital was accessed via weak ties. We discuss these findings in light of existing explanations of the creation of social capital.

Blind spots in social resource theory: Essays on the creation, maintenance, and returns of social capital

Abstract: The people we know matter. They provide information, personal advice or a sympathetic ear. In formal terms, this idea has been called social capital. A network perspective views social capital as resources available via an individual’s social ties. An individual can borrow these resources and use them to achieve important life aims, such as finding a new job or maintaining their wellbeing. This dissertation sheds light on several blind spots in our understanding of social capital. Based on four empirical studies it provides new insights into the creation, maintenance and returns of social capital. It adds complexity to a seemingly simple idea and concludes that we cannot do away with details. At the expense of simplicity, this dissertation seeks to tell a more complete story about the creation, maintenance, and returns of social capital.

The same place but different: How neighborhood context differentially affects homogeneity in networks of different social groups

Abstract: In this paper, we explore how the neighborhood composition and individual choice relate to the network composition of different social groups. We predict that groups that engage more with the neigh...

The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

Abstract: In today’s world, social media is playing an indispensable role on the learning behavior of university students to achieve sustainable education. The impact of social media on sustainable education is becoming an essential and impelling factor. The world has become a global village and technology use has made it a smaller world through social media and how it is changing instruction. This original study is amongst the few to perform a focalized investigation on revealing the relationship between positive and negative characteristics of social media and the learning attitude of university students for sustainable education. However, this study aims to examine the constructive and adverse factors that impact on students’ minds and how these helped students to share positive and negative aspects with others. It is increasingly noticeable that social networking sites and their applications present enormous benefits for as well as risks to university students and their implications on students’ psychological adjustment or learning behaviors are not well understood. This study adapted the cluster sampling method, and respondents participated from five selected regions. Researchers distributed 1013 questionnaires among the targeted sample of university students with an age range of 16 to 35 years, and they collected 831 complete/valid responses. This study applied the social gratification theory to examine students’ behavior practicing social media usage. This study specifically identified 18 adversarial and constructive factors of social media from the previous literature. The findings revealed that the usage of social media in Pakistan has a negative influence on a student’s behavior as compared to positive aspects. Results may not be generalized to the entire student community as findings are specific to the specific respondents only. This study presents a relationship between antithetical and creative characteristics of social media and exhibits avenues for future studies by facilitating a better understanding of web-based social network use.