Knowledge and social capital
Subtitle: foundations and applications
By: edited by Eric L. Lesser.
Contributors: Lesser, Eric.
Series: Resources for the knowledge based economy series; Resources for the knowledge-based economy
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics); Human capital.; Knowledge management.; Organizational learning.
Description: "Social capital - the informal networks, trust, and common understanding among individuals in an organization - determines major competitive advantages in today's networked economy. Knowledge and Social Capital explains how social capital can drive collaboration, reconcile an organization's internal and external labor markets, and improve organizational effectiveness. This collection of articles helps readers understand how they can build and leverage on their own organizations' social capital. Knowledge and Social Capital teaches core principles and important strategies to a range of executives, including organizational development specialists, corporate strategists, and knowledge management professionals."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.1. Foundations; title: Leveraging social capital in organizations; title: Social capital in the creation of human capital; title: Social capital: its origins and applications in modern sociology; title: A paradigm for social capital; title: Social capital: the good, the bad and the ugly; title: Pt.2. Applications; title: Social capital, intellectual capital and the organizational advantage; title: Virtual communities and social capital; title: Social capital and capital gains in Silicon Valley; title: Social capital, violations of trust and the vulnerability of isolates: the social organization of law practice and professional self-regulation; title: Pt.3. Empirical works; title: Social capital, structural holes and the formation of an industry network; title: Contingent value of social capital; title: Human capital, social capital and compensation: the relative contribution of social contacts to managers' incomes.