Social capital: a theory of social structure and action
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This article is published in Tempo Social.The article was published on 2004-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1995 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social mobility & Individual capital.read more
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Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness
Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Fran H. Norris,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Susan P. Stevens,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Betty Pfefferbaum,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Karen Fraser Wyche,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum,Rose L. Pfefferbaum +14 more
TL;DR: To build collective resilience, communities must reduce risk and resource inequities, engage local people in mitigation, create organizational linkages, boost and protect social supports, and plan for not having a plan, which requires flexibility, decision-making skills, and trusted sources of information that function in the face of unknowns.
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The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how social structures and social networks can affect economic outcomes like hiring, price, productivity, and innovation, focusing on Sociologists have developed core principles about the interactions of social structure, information, ability to punish or reward, and trust.
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Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students' Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation
TL;DR: Positive relationships between intensity of Facebook use and students' life satisfaction, social trust, civic engagement, and political participation are found, suggesting that online social networks are not the most effective solution for youth disengagement from civic duty and democracy.
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Using ICTs to create a culture of transparency: E-government and social media as openness and anti-corruption tools for societies
TL;DR: The potential impacts of information and ICTs – especially e-government and social media – on cultural attitudes about transparency are explored.
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The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how social structures and social networks can affect economic outcomes like hiring, price, productivity, and innovation, focusing on Sociologists have developed core principles about the interactions of social structure, information, ability to punish or reward, and trust.
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Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students' Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation
TL;DR: Positive relationships between intensity of Facebook use and students' life satisfaction, social trust, civic engagement, and political participation are found, suggesting that online social networks are not the most effective solution for youth disengagement from civic duty and democracy.
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The Development of Organizational Social Capital: Attributes of Family Firms*
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop and extend social capital theory by exploring the creation of organizational social capital within a highly pervasive, yet often overlooked organizational form: family firms and identify contingency dimensions that affect these relationships and the potential risks associated with family social capital.
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The role of social networks in natural resource governance: What relational patterns make a difference?
TL;DR: In this paper, a review aims to add more precision to initial insights and pending hypotheses about the positive impacts of social networks on governance processes and outcomes, by reviewing and synthesizing empirically based literature explicitly studying structural characteristics of social network in natural resource governance settings.
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Social Capital and Community Resilience
TL;DR: The authors highlights the critical role of social capital and networks in disaster survival and recovery and lays out recent literature and evidence on the topic, concluding with concrete policy recommendations for disaster managers, government decision makers, and no...