We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized by exogenous technical progress. Starting from the assumption that the well-being of agents basically depends on material and relational goods, we show that the best-case scenarios hold when technology and social capital both support just one of the t...

Social media has dramatically changed how we communicate and collaborate both publically and internally within an organization. However, minimal research has examined the impact this media may have within the enterprise, specifically in a virtual team environment. This research examines the use of one social media, Social Networking Sites (SNS), and how the information available through this te...

by entering the era of information and communication and moving from manufacturing and industrial economy towards knowledge-based service economy; the competitive bases of businesses have changed from capital budgeting and tangible assets towards intangible assets and intellectual capital, including social and relational capitals. hence, over the past ages, organizations emphasize more on infor...

This study is a sociological analysis of the three dimensions of social structure including institutional, relational, and embodied structures that have an impact on the individuals' deviant behaviors in the society. The authors used a mix method to analyze the qualitative and quantitative data of 402 high risk abandoned substance users in 2008 in Tehran, capital city of Iran. The leading reaso...

intellectual capital is known as a key strategic asset for organizational performance and innovative solutions; and its management is critical for maintaining competitive advantage. this paper analyzes the relationship between intellectual capital, competitive advantage and innovation drivers in 8 factories in rubber and plastics industry. to assess these factors, the views of 246 managers and ...

The phenomenon of social support – aid and assistance exchanged through social relationships and interpersonal transactions – has been studied for decades with a focus on discovering the mechanism that lies between support exchange and personal wellbeing. In the age of the Internet, researchers also have shifted their focus to online support exchange. However, little attention has been paid to ...

Inmany developing countries, lack of IT skills and human capital impede the potential of IT investments in organizations in developing countries [Lee, J. (2001). Education for technology readiness: Prospects for developing countries. Journal of Human Development, 2(1), 115–151]. This paper draws upon theories of humanand social capital, andknowledge, to explain enablers/obstacles for knowledge ...

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion exhibits a substantialist approach to the agency-structure dichotomy. From a substantialist point of view, both individual agency and social structure come preformed and subsequently relate to and influence one another, starkly positioning the choices made by individuals against the structured sets of opportunities and constraints in reference to which ch...

Resources are crucial for the technological and economic development of firms in spatial perspective. In this paper we contrast two ways of conceptualizing resources, and argue that a conventional, substantive understanding implies a number of shortcomings which can be overcome through the application of a relational conception of resources. In examining four types of resourcesömaterial resourc...

Social capital is seen here as part of the overall resource base of a firm. One part of social capital is positional advantage in a network. It is established on the basis of relational competence. Third parties can help in the development of social capital by offering their relational competence, in playing one or more of six roles: the roles of the gobetween. Transaction cost economics recogn...