Introduction. This paper presents a review of research framed within the concept of social capital and published by library and information science researchers. Method. Ninety-nine papers fitting the criteria of having a specific library and information science orientation were identified from two periodical databases: Library and information science and technology abstracts and Library literat...

The main focus of the presented paper is to investigate whether the concept of bonding and bridging social capital can be reasonably specified by categorizing voluntary associations according to their constitutive goods, i.e. purposes, and whether this conceptualization will also hold for empirical analysis in the realm of political participation. The empirical findings both for East and West G...

Religious communities are important sources of bridging and bonding social capital, which, in turn, have varying implications for perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas. In particular, as well as cultivating cohesiveness more broadly, the bridging social capital associated within mainline religious communities may represent an especially important source of support for the social integra...

Collaboration in information-intensive work environments is enabled through information systems that facilitate the information and knowledge exchange between collocated employees. As prior research suggests, social media platforms are a promising solution to realize electronic networks of practice bridging the gap between knowledge seeker and experts as a source of knowledge in an effective ma...

This article is a review of the PhD Thesis of Malin Eriksson, entitled 'Social capital, health and community action - implications for health promotion.' The article presents a theoretical overview of social capital and its relation to health, reviews empirical findings of the links between social capital and (self-rated) health, and discusses the usefulness of social capital in health promotio...

The role of religion in American politics and civil society has drawn significant scholarly focus, but most of the recent attention has fallen on the religious right’s political influence and, more recently, on new initiatives to broaden the channeling of social service funding through faithbased organizations. These are important issues, but they exclude another historically important face of ...

This is the first study to measure the 'sense of community' reportedly offered by the CrossFit gym model. A cross-sectional study adapted Social Capital and General Belongingness scales to compare perceptions of a CrossFit gym and a traditional gym. CrossFit gym members reported significantly higher levels of social capital (both bridging and bonding) and community belongingness compared with t...

This is the first study to measure the ‘sense of community’ reportedly offered by the CrossFit gym model. A cross-sectional study adapted Social Capital and General Belongingness scales to compare perceptions of a CrossFit gym and a traditional gym. CrossFit gym members reported significantly higher levels of social capital (both bridging and bonding) and community belongingness compared with t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between organizational (bonding, bridging, and linking) social capital, employees' health, and employees' performance. METHODS Linear regression on cross-sectional data among 718 employees in two Dutch companies. RESULTS Organizational social capital was significantly associated with perceived health (β = 0.20; P < 0.001) and with emotional exhaustion (...

The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between virtuality and social capital. Does virtuality decrease the strength of individuals’ social ties? Or does virtuality increase social capital by expanding the range of individuals’ social networks? To address these questions, first, we identify the properties of virtuality, whose definition still varies in a variety of research s...