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How can an organization design social capital?

by Sam Ladner on August 19, 2009 · 0 comments

in bourdieu, ethnography, qualitative research, social capital, social networks, sociology

New research finds that there are seven key factors that promote social capital. In his book, Unanticipated Gains, Mario Luis Small did an ethnography of New York daycare centres. What he finds may surprise you: daycare centres are great “brokers” for social capital. I describe his findings on the Social Capital Value Add blog:

Small argues that actors get involved in networks in particular ways that are structured by the organizations themselves. What are the effects of organizational involvement on social capital? And how can organizations nurture the development of social capital?

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Categories: bourdieu · ethnography · qualitative research · social capital · social networks · sociology

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1 Michael Cayley November 24, 2009 at 1:39 am

Thanks again Sam for the guest post.

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