Social capital of the most important concepts in the social sciences is growing and the scope of its application in other sciences is increasing. This concept represents a ring lost in development. Scientists believe that cure the problems of modern society. Social capital is closely associated with the quality of life. Research methodology in the research work and information requirements with...

Purpose – This article attempts to begin the process of removing the cloak of causal ambiguity by examining the role that knowledge management has in the creation of the wide variety of competitive advantages found in some organizations. Specifically, this article aims to extend understanding in the field of knowledge management by examining how knowledge management can affect organizational pe...

It is increasingly recognized that graduates' achievements depend in important ways on their opportunities to develop an academic and a professional identity during their studies. Previous research has shown that students' socio-economic status (SES) and social capital prior to entering university affects their ability to obtain these identities in higher education. However, what is less well u...

Social capital contributes to the alleviation of poverty but evidence on how to strengthen it remains scarce. This article describes strategies to strengthen social capital developed by a nongovernmental organization (NGO) and women as part of a development programme in rural Bangladesh between 2006 and 2012. The NGO and the women involved leveraged bonding (familial), bridging (peers) and link...

Social capital, work engagement, working conditions, and leadership are concepts that have been studied previously, but there is lack of knowledge about what processes promote sustainable organizational improvement work in hospitals, and specifically, what leads healthcare professionals to engage in clinical developments. The overall aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge of how social cap...

Much research has been done on the favourable influence of social environment and social networks on knowledge production. The aim of this article is to design a theoretical framework where both information behaviour (IB) research and social capital (SC) research are integrated. Integrating these areas is seen as an advantage when focusing on the social construction of knowledge, and a model is...

Introduction This paper discusses the relationship between human and social capital, first raised by James Coleman (1988). The paper begins with a brief account of three different forms of capital: human, social and cultural. It considers why at the conceptual level social capital is relevant to policy formation. It provides a sample of approaches to the analysis of social capital, a framework ...