Année académique 2008-2009 Working paper 09 / 23 The paradox of social capital : a look through the individual rationality
@inproceedings{Hermans2010AnneA2, title={Ann{\'e}e acad{\'e}mique 2008-2009 Working paper 09 / 23 The paradox of social capital : a look through the individual rationality}, author={Julie Hermans and Thomas Lederer}, year={2010} }
In this paper, we confront the notion of social capital developed in the knowledge-based view of the firm, in particularly in the seminal work of Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998), with its original conception from contemporary sociologists like Bourdieu (1986), Putnam (1995, 1993), Coleman (1988) and Burt (1992). We build on those authors to highlight a key facet of social capital: its use as a tool for the micro-macro transition which was elaborated in the underlying sociological theories and is…
5 Citations
An analysis of tacit knowledge sharing behaviour, within a social capital framework, in a business environment of a South African, University of Technology
- Business
- 2014
This thesis integrates social capital and ‘reasoned action’ theory to construct a theoretical model for investigating the factors which predict an individual’s intention to share tacit knowledge in a…
Knowledge transfers in University-Industry R&D projects: A situated approach
- Business
- 2011
In today’s economy, universities are seen as a central source of knowledge for the firms. Innovation policies therefore encourage University-Industry collaborations in the hope that it will lay out…
Enhancing social capital in our stakeholder networks
- Economics
- 2020
Our value as information professionals is often associated with the physical capital we provide, such as library space and collection. Yet our value also comes from the skills, knowledge and…
Community Bonding for Developing Life-Affirming Skills of Children: A Qualitative Case Study of Tole Reading Group in Kaski, Nepal
- Economics
- 2020
© 2020 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA) International Public License…
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 19 REFERENCES
Strategic organization: a field in search of micro-foundations
- Business
- 2005
Organizations are made up of individuals, and there is no organization without individuals. There is nothing quite as elementary; yet this elementary truth seems to have been lost in the increasing…
Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology
- Business
- 1992
How should we understand why firms exist? A prevailing view has been that they serve to keep in check the transaction costs arising from the self-interested motivations of individuals. We develop in…
Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation
- Business
- 1991
Recent ethnographic studies of workplace practices indicate that the ways people actually work usually differ fundamentally from the ways organizations describe that work in manuals, training…
The Constitution of Society. Outline of the Theory of Structuration
- Sociology
- 1984
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period…
Forms of Capital
- Economics
- 2002
The text is devoted to the cultural capital (and its three main states: incorporation, objectification, institutionalization) and social capital. The author analyzes the issues of transfer and…
ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LEARNING AND INNOVATION
- Business, Economics
- 1990
Discusses the notion that the ability to exploit external knowledge is crucial to a firm's innovative capabilities. In addition, it is argued that the ability to evaluate and use outside knowledge is…
The knowledge-creating company : how Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation
- Business
- 1995
Bridging epistemologies: The generative dance between organizational knowledge and organizational knowing
- Philosophy
- 1999
Bridgin Epistemologies: The Generative Dance between Organizational Knowledge and Organizational Knowing - Much current work on organizational knowledge, intellectual capital, knowledge-creating…
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
- Economics
- 1970
1. Introduction and Doctrinal Background Enter "exit" and "voice" Latitude for deterioration, and slack in economic thought Exit and voice as impersonations of economics and politics 2. Exit How the…
Field of Schemes: Health Insurance Fraud in the Small Business Sector
- Business
- 1999
This article uses case studies to investigate the theft of employee health benefits, a crime most prevalent in the small firm segment of the health insurance market. We argue that this phenomenon…