the study aims at investigating the relationship between social capital and national identity. based on giddens’ theory on identity and woolcock and narayan’s theory of social capital, the researchers, through a survey study, have investigated the relationship between social capital and national identity of 360 students of shiraz university. independent variables include demographic variables, ...

The purpose of this research is to develop a research model that examines the impact of mobile social capital on technology adoption through IT artifact Influence. To do so, we suggest that mobile networks of practice as social actors affect technology use through the userIT artifact interaction in which mobile social capital lies, thus differentiating it from social capital and bestowing uniqu...

IT acceptance is generally considered a mature research field. However, we are persuaded that current approaches are underestimating the importance of social factors and group influence on individual beliefs. This paper adopts a complementary approach to previous researches based on normative assumptions. A social capital perspective is embraced to allow us to focus on the nature and quality of...

Creative Commons (CC) mechanism has been suggested as a potential means to foster a reliable environment for online knowledge sharing activity. This study investigates the role of the CC mechanism in supporting knowledge sharing among a group of university students studying programming from the perspectives of social cognitive and social capital theories. By gathering 40 university students’ fe...

One of the variables that can be effective in reducing social problems, including alienation, is social capital. Because each of its components, such as trust, participation and group bounds, can lead to greater integration and, consequently, social order. Hence, due to the importance of the subject, the sociological explanation of the impact of social capital on forms of alienation has been di...

The purpose of this article is to formulate a theory social capital, which has the potential reconcile many contradictions and problems that exist today in field knowledge. proposed conceptualization resolve following problems: 1) impossibility reducing rational irrational aspects capital one denominator; 2) Lack connection between micro macro analysis; 3) tautology definition, when defined by ...

As an effective way to share corporate social responsibility, corporate donation comes forth rapidly and has become a tendency. Based on the relative study, we construct the theoretical model and analyze the relationship between corporate donation and corporate competitive advantage. The results are listed that five donation characteristics, that is, donation aims, donation methods, donation su...

Regional development theories and policies have now moved into new arenas. Today, the competitive advantages of regions put a premium on social capital, hence, the significant role played by localized learning and the construction of knowledge networks and institutional capacity. These are necessary and complementary assets to factors traditionally thought to influence regional development. The...

Potential bribe-payers often face a collective action problem: they would all be better off if they could enforce an agreement not to pay bribes. This paper uses a linkedgames model to show how social capital, viewed as trust generated through repeated interactions in other games, can help them to overcome this collective action problem and enforce agreements (or norms) against bribery. We also...

popular music has various functions in social intreactions. this study tries to answer the questions, “what are the roles of popular music in creating and developing social capital?” and through what mechanisms it leads to the generation of social capital?” the research method used in this study was qualitative including grounded theory strategy. the research data were collected through in-dept...