The human factor in social capital management : the owner-manager perspective / / by Paul C. Manning

• Autore: Manning Paul C.
• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.408
• Soggetto topico: Social responsibility of business; Social capital (Sociology); Industrial management - Moral and ethical aspects; Business ethics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Human Factor in Social Capital Management: The Owner-Manager Perspective; Copyright page; Contents; List of tables; List of Appendices; Editorial Advisory and Review Board; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview of Research; 1.2 Reflections on Research Choice; 1.3 Introduction to Social Capital; 1.4 Statement of Research Problem: Social Capital and Economic Notions of Rationality; 1.5 Research Aim and Questions; 1.6 The Economic Understanding of Social Capital: A Rational Choice Theory ; 1.6.1 Coleman, Rational Choice and Social Capital 1.7 The Limitations of the Rational Choice Understanding of Social Capital; 1.7.1 Concluding Comments: Las Vegas Wouldn't Exist in a Rational Economy; 1.8 Introduction to Research Approach: Symbolic Interaction Ethnography; 1.9 Outline of Subsequent Chapters; Chapter 2 The Economic Meaning of Social Capital; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Social Capital: A Pre-Paradigmic Concept; 2.3 Defining the Terms of the Research; 2.4 Defining the Research Site: Owner-Managers; 2.5 The Economic Returns of Social Capital for Owner-Managers ; 2.5.1 Social Capital and Managing Identity Intangibles 2.5.2 Social Capital and Knowledge Intangibles; 2.6 Expanding the Theoretical Perspective: Socio-Economics and the Embedded View of the Economy; 2.6.1 Granovetter and Embeddedness; 2.7 Foundations: The Provenance of Social Capital; 2.8 Contending Perspectives: Culture Wars, Taking the Class Out of Society and Networks; 2.9 The Exponential Rise of Social Capital: Why Now?; 2.10 Concluding Comment; Chapter 3 The Leading Social Capital Scholars; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Seminal Social Capital Scholars ; 3.3 Pierre Bourdieu: A Galaxy of Capitals 3.4 James Coleman: The Fiction of Adam Smith; 3.4.1 Perspectives on Coleman; 3.5 Putnam's Big Idea: Bowling with Influence; 3.5.1 Putnam and American Social Capital: A Tocquevillian Analysis; 3.5.2 Putnam Conclusions; 3.6 Fukuyama: Social Capital and the End of History; 3.6.1 Fukuyama Criticisms; 3.7 Social Capital and Social Network Analysis; 3.7.1 Granovetter and Embedded Social Network Analysis; 3.8 Burt and the Network Advantage; 3.9 Lin: The Functionalist View of Social Capital; 3.10 Conclusion: A Fad with Substance ; Chapter 4 Methodology: A Holistic Examination of the Management of Social Capital Processes 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Description of Methodology; 4.3 Ontological Focal Points; 4.4 Epistemological Direction; 4.5 Research Implications; 4.6 Methodological Procedures; 4.7 Analytical Strategy: Sensitising Sub-Dimensions; 4.8 Coding Approach; 4.9 Dimension One: Structural Embeddedness; 4.10 Dimension Two: Relational Embeddedness; 4.11 Dimension Three: Cognitive/Communication Embeddedness; 4.12 Sampling Approach; 4.13 The Authorial Voice; 4.14 Research Limitations ; Chapter 5 Managing Social Capital - The Network Dimension
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the management of social capital processes as they are accomplished-understood, experienced and shaped-by owner-managers. It aims to develop a deeper understanding of management processes, and to contribute to a greater congruence between lived social capital perspectives and experiences, and theoretical and empirical literature.
• Titolo autorizzato: The human factor in social capital management
• ISBN: 1-78441-583-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459679703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical studies on corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability ; ; Volume 9.