The impact of social networks on features of embedded couples, like, for instance, marital stability, has been discussed in sociology for about half a century. However, empirical findings are little cumulative and lack a theoretical integration. We present a framework for the analysis of couples, where their social embeddedness is conceptualized as social capital. Two aspects or dimensions of s...

In view of today’s collaborative and knowledge-intensive nature of IT services, this study reexamines the antecedents of user satisfaction with IT services. We conceive IT service provision as an interactive, relational process by which users and IT units engage in service coproduction. Drawing on social capital theory, we develop a research model to examine relational factors influencing user ...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between intellectual capital (human capital efficiency, customer capital efficiency, and structural capital efficiency) and economic value added of the listed companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). The population includes 39 firms selected through systematic sampling. The data is collected from the audited financial stat...

This study investigates the relationships between U.S. buying firms’ supplier development efforts, commitment, social capital accumulation with key suppliers, and buying firm performance. We identify linkages between supply chain management research on supplier development and organization theory research on social capital to consider how buying firm commitment to a long-term relationship, cogn...

the rapid changes in sport industry urge sport investors and entrepreneurs to adopt creative and innovative approaches. in this situation, intellectual property is among the most important organizational assets and the potential success of an organization is rooted in their intellectual capabilities. on the other hand, relying on innovation, small businesses are seeking to improve their perform...

This paper explored the multiple relationships between intellectual capital (IC) and knowledge management (KM) in an Iranian university. For intellectual capital, three components were studied including: relational capital, structural capital and human capital. For knowledge management, five processes were considered, namely creation, acquisition, codification, sharing and application. The rela...

This study builds a multi-level research model to investigate how social capital between business units and the headquarters in large-scale organizations influences individual user acceptance of enterprise systems. Drawing on social capital theory and the human agency theory, this study argues that local management of business units plays the role of interpreting signals and messages from the h...

intellectual capital (ic) is organizational intangible asset which is frequently associated with performance. ic is commonly categorized into three core components: human capital, structural capital and relational capital. this study takes a step further in the evolution of the ic model for the hotel industry and divides relationship capital into two categories: end customer- relationship capit...