Social Capital in Organizations: An Exchange Theory Approach

Description

As recently as one generation ago, the term organization was synonymous with stasis, reliability, hierarchy and disciplined productivity. The new guiding principles of management practise, meanwhile, are dynamism, flexibility, teams and emancipated interactivity. The new key term network has summed up these contemporary organizational trends. This study suggests the interpretation of networks as social capital of individuals and organizations. This understanding requires a theoretical and methodological refocusing on the actions of the organization's members. The present study places a variant of action theory - socioeconomic exchange theory - centre stage, fuses this theory with the toolkit of social network analysis and puts the resulting synthesis to the test by examining cooperation among equal members of an organization. Pages:1 to 25 Pages:26 to 50 Pages:51 to 75 Pages:76 to 100 Pages:101 to 125 Pages:126 to 150 Pages:151 to 175 Pages:176 to 200 Pages:201 to 225 Pages:226 to 250 Pages:251 to 275 Pages:276 to 300 Pages:301 to 325 Pages:326 to 350 Pages:351 to 375 Pages:376 to 391.