Social Capital Work Research Articles

Urban food governance without local food: missing links between Czech post-socialist cities and urban food alternatives

AbstractFood is becoming an increasingly important issue in the urban context. Urban food policies are a new phenomenon in Czechia, where urban food alternatives to the current food regime are promoted by food movements or take the form of traditional self-provisioning. This paper examines how urban food governance in Prague and Brno is constituted based on the municipalities’ relations with actors engaged in urban food alternatives. We argue that prioritizing aspects of local food system transformation compliant with the status quo is non-systemic and implies a fragmentation of urban food alternatives based on different levels of social capital and radicality. We conceptualize urban food alternatives as values-based modes of production and consumption and focus on values that guide urban food governance in its participatory and territorial interplay with the actors of urban food alternatives. Our analysis reveals that the values underpinning the two cities’ progressive food policies do not match reality on the ground. We propose four types of relations between the two examined cities and aspects of the local food system transformation. Aspects compliant with the status quo, such as food waste reduction and community gardening are embraced, whereas those requiring more public intervention, such as public procurement, short supply chains, or the protection of cultivable land are disregarded, degraded, or, at most, subject to experimentation as part of biodiversity protection. Chances for a successful transformation of the local food system under such governance are low but can be increased by strengthening social capital and coalition work among urban food alternatives.

Knowledge-based HR Practices and Employee Retention: The Role of Social Capital, Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Work Behaviors

Knowledge-based HR practices (KHRP) were developed to enhance the organization's capacity to create, share and use new information (Caputo et al., 2019). So, knowledge-based HR practices could be crucial in attracting, selecting, positioning, maintaining, and transforming important human resources in developing novel processes and products (Manzaneque, et al., 2017). There has been a consensus among previous research that identifying KHRP is a determinant of innovation (Al-Tal and Emeagwali, 2019). Yet, it does not adequately describe how KHRP contributes to competitive advantage. Specifically, there is a gap in understanding how KSB can facilitate the translation of KHRP and SC (Singh et al., 2021) into improved ER outcomes, and whether this relationship varies across different organizational contexts or industries. Further research is needed to explore these relationships and identify effective strategies for promoting KSB to enhance employee retention in organizations. Keywords: Knowledge-based HR practices, Social Capital, Knowledge Sharing Behavior, Employee Retention, Innovative Work Behavior.

How Does Social Capital Work in Developing Karimunjawa Maritime Tourism?

This study intended to analyze how social capital works in the developing marine tourism in Karimunjawa Indonesia. This research was conducted in Karimunjawa. The data was collected with snowball sampling techniques. The data collection methods used consisted of participatory observation methods, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The data obtained were analyzed using the interactive analysis method. The results of the study indicate that the strong social capital formed in Karimunjawa has a very big influence on tourism activities in Karimunjawa. The social capital in tourism in Karimunjawa is based on many networks that are formed, supported by mutual trust, and still rooted in various social values and norms in the community that support the strength of existing social capital. It results in collective actions in the form of synergy and cooperation between the community and various tourism stakeholders in tourism activities in Karimunjawa. The social capital formed in Karimunjawa consists of three types. They are Bonding Social Capital, Social Bridging Capital, and Social Linking Capital which are complementary and mutually reinforcing so that they cannot be separated. However, between the three social capitals, bridging social capital is the biggest power base in realizing the progress of tourism in Karimunjawa.

Nature deficit and mental health among adolescents: A perspectives of conservation of resources theory

With the rapid spread of modern urban construction and electronic technology, adolescents are increasingly deprived of direct contact with nature, suffering from a nature deficit. Nature deficit is a risk factor for mental health. Unfortunately, it is not clear how nature deficit is associated with adolescents' mental health and what the mechanism is. Nature deficit may change social (social capital) and personal resources (resilience), resulting in lasting damage to adolescents' mental health. Therefore, based on the conservation of resources theory, this paper intends to explore the correlation between nature deficit and adolescents' mental health, and the mediating role of social capital and resilience among them. A total of 688 adolescents (341 boys; mean age = 16.33, SD = 0.69, from 15 to 18 years old) were recruited and filled out the questionnaires: Adolescent Nature deficit Scale (ANDS), Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students (SCQ-AS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and Depression-Anxiety Subscale (DASS). The mediation analysis results revealed that social capital and resilience work in the correlation between nature deficit and anxiety, as well as between nature deficit and depression. Importantly, “social capital-resilience” plays a mediating chain role in the correlation between nature deficit and anxiety, as well as between nature deficit and depression. These findings reveal the underlying mechanism between nature deficit and adolescents’ mental health, laying a theoretical foundation for improving the mental health level of nature deficit by improving their social capital and resilience.

Campus connections for creative careers: Social capital, gender inequality, and artistic work

Campus connections for creative careers: Social capital, gender inequality, and artistic work

Job Embeddedness and Organizational Performance: The mediating roles of Social Capital and Innovative Work Behaviour

Organizational performance remains in the limelight of research due to the survival of organizations. There are a number of factors that contribute to organizational performance. Therefore, this research aimed to examine the impact of job embeddedness on organizational performance through social capital and innovative work behaviour as mediators in the workplace. For this purpose, the data was gathered from the 1500 respondents by using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. These respondents were working in auto-parts manufacturing firms located in different areas of Pakistan; finally 1116 questioners were considered for data analysis. Results indicate the positive impact of job embeddedness on organizational performance, as well as on social capital and innovative work behaviour in the workplace. Results also indicate the mediation of social capital between job embeddedness and organizational performance; likewise, innovative work behaviour also explains the mediation between job embeddedness and organizational performance. Interestingly, innovative work behaviour mediates the relationship between social capital and organizational performance. Pakistan is a collectivistic country where this integrated model will serve as a prerequisite for the manufacturing firms to achieve organizational performance. The future direction has also been proposed in this research.

Job Embeddedness and Organizational Performance: The mediating roles of Social Capital and Innovative Work Behaviour

Job Embeddedness and Organizational Performance: The mediating roles of Social Capital and Innovative Work Behaviour

Communication Empowerment Of Aceh East Coastal Communities In Maintaining Manggrove Ecosystems (Study Of Meunasah Asan Village, Madat District, East Aceh Regency)

Empowerment communication as a new approach in community empowerment with the spirit of voicing the voiceless, building the empowered, placing humans as subjects not objects. Contribute to the development process in the context of the diffusion of innovation as a means of modernization with the presence of information technology to make it easier. Powerlessness is a reflection of the failure of the human-centered development process. This study aims to identify and describe the communication of coastal community empowerment in Meunasah Asan East Aceh Village in increasing active participation in maintaining the mangrove ecosystem. Revealing socio-economic changes in the participatory development process as an illustration of the empowerment of coastal communities in maintaining mangrove ecosystems with an empowerment communication approach, communication actions based on local wisdom, social welfare and strengthening social capital. Data were collected through observation, interviews, focus group discussions and documentation. The results showed; when the community's mindset changes at the Gampong level in utilizing, maintaining the mangrove ecosystem is able to bring it to a different pattern of behavior than before. This change can be seen in the process of helping themselves to get out of the stigma as poor marginalized coastal communities by utilizing and maintaining the potential of mangroves and other coastal areas. Active participation shows the community's empowerment in communicating which drives a living condition based on the existence of religious values, norms, customs, culture as local wisdom that is mutually agreed to strengthen social welfare and social capital. Social capital works internally in the Meunasah Asan community in forming exclusive social ties as a social bridge with external parties who have relatively different characteristics. The pattern of relationships that occur is bound by trust, mutual understanding and shared values ​​that bind the community in acting together efficiently and effectively. The role of the community caring for mangroves is to create a public space for coastal communities to communicate, express, so as to foster mutual concern. Social groups as the most effective forum for empowerment enable individuals to organize themselves in groups so that a dialogical process occurs that fosters and strengthens mutual awareness.

Social capital and capital allocation efficiency

AbstractBased on the social norms and structural theories of social capital, this study examines the relationship between community social capital and the firms’ capital allocation efficiency. We hypothesize and find that the community social capital of a firm's headquarter area has a negative and statistically significant impact on its capital allocation inefficiency, which is robust to alternative proxies for community social capital and capital allocation inefficiency, propensity score matching and instrumental variable regressions. In addition, we find that the effect of community social capital is more pronounced for firms with poor internal ethical culture and weak network connections to outside executives and directors, implying that community social capital becomes important in these situations. This finding links prior social norms and networks literature to capital allocation studies in that the norms and networks components of community social capital discipline self‐interested managers’ behavior and reduce information asymmetry‐two channels of capital allocation efficiency. Overall, community social capital works as a compensatory monitoring and information transfer mechanism and improves the firms’ capital allocation efficiency.

Does Social Capital Improve the Effectiveness of Public Service? An Insight from Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China.

Despite the extensive literature on the effectiveness of public service, measuring it from the user’s side among rural-to-urban groups is limited. Moreover, although rich research has explored the factors influencing the effectiveness of public service, in-depth micro-level analysis is scarcely addressed. The current study addresses these gaps by examining the relationship between social capital and the effectiveness of public service in Jiangsu province of China. Overall, the findings revealed that migrant’s social capital positively affects their perceptions of public service provision. Specifically, the structural dimension of social capital plays a role in expanding information channels. In contrast, the relational dimension of social capital works through shared norms and trust, eventually improving migrants’ fairness perception. Notably, these effects are more prominent in education, employment assistance, and minimum livelihood security than in other services. Further, the findings revealed that regional differences are more pronounced in the central part of the study area, where the current public service system is weak. Put differently; social capital can have a more significant effect when the construction of public service is constrained. It is also found that social capital plays a more important role for migrants working in the manufacturing industry than in other sectors. This study has significant implications for policymakers with a new perspective of social capital for improving the quality of public service and making it more available to migrants.

The Effect of Playing Gateball Sports on Older Chinese People's Wellbeing in the Context of Active Aging-Based Mediation of Social Capital.

Participation in gateball sports may improve the well-being of older individuals in the context of active aging. However, the mechanisms of the effect need a social viewpoint. A random sample of 337 valid data points was gathered from seven cities in the Chinese province of Hunan. Structural equation modeling, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, and other techniques examined the standard structure and causal links between involvement in gateball sports, social capital, and elderly people’s well-being. According to structural equation modeling, playing gateball sports may improve elderly people’s well-being, and social capital may influence this link to some extent. The engagement in gateball sports and social capital work in concert to promote well-being, according to a qualitative comparative study of the fuzzy sets that identified four patterns of “A, B, C, and D” antecedent constructs that do so in elderly people.

The impact of academicians' cultural and social capital on their individual job performance

PurposeThe aim of this study is to analyze whether or not the interaction between academicians' cultural and social capitals has effects on their individual work performance.Design/methodology/approachA structural model was developed in the study to test the correlations between cultural capital, social capital and individual work performance. The data of the study were collected from 2,855 academicians.FindingsThe findings of the study indicate that both cultural and social capital has a simultaneous positive effect on individual work performance. It is also found that the cultural and social capital can account for 39% of the individual work performance and that social capital is a dominant driving force.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the cultural and social capital has significant effects on the individual work performance, these effects are not of casual nature.Practical implicationsTherefore, it is possible to argue that the cultural and social capital in higher education institutions should be encouraged. Future studies may employ samples of individuals to see whether not these effects have causal characteristics.Originality/valueThe findings of the study contributed to the existing knowledge on the work performance describing the new correlations among the patterns.

Improving newcomers’ work engagement: role of organizational socialization tactics with serial mediation

This study aims to add knowledge to the interactionist socialization approach that influences work engagement toward the organization through a self-determination theory lens. A sample of 383 Pakistani newcomers with different educational and organizational backgrounds joined an organization within two years. The data were examined with 5000 bootstraps using the structural equation modeling approach. Organizational socialization tactics and newcomers' socialization behaviors directly and positively predicted work engagement. Newcomers’ PSB encourages social capital resources and work engagement in the workplace. Our research advances the knowledge of social capital resources for effective newcomers’ adjustment that leads to work engagement, which adds to the socialization literature.

KOHESI SOSIAL DAN KEBERAGAMAN AGAMA: STUDI PERBANDINGAN MODAL SOSIAL SUNDA WIWITAN KUNINGAN DAN CIMAHI, JAWA BARAT

In the last two decades Indonesia has been faced to the problem of inclining the tendency of intolerance, both at the level of perception and action. Viewed from several cases, many acts of intolerance are experienced by minorities, especially religious and religious ethnic minorities. The study analyzes how social capital works in the establishment of social cohesion of minority belief groups Sunda Wiwitan (SW) at two different regions, i.e. Cigugur, Kuningan and Cireundeu, Cimahi, both are in West Java. The study uses qualitative research method. The data collected through interview techniques, secondary data analysis, and observation. The study found that although the two different SW Communities shared same teachings, they showed different character of social cohesion. Social cohesion in Kuningan is more vulnerable to be concerned by other parties than in Cireundeu, Cimahi.

The Role of Social Capital in Handling Covid-19 at the Local Level in Indonesia

The Covid-19 pandemic is a multidimensional problem that requires the government to be adaptive and creative in mobilizing all available resources. It's not just a matter of solutive policies, but more than that, social capital is needed because handling the Covid-19 crisis must involve the cooperation of all parties. This study aims to provide an analysis of how social capital works in handling Covid-19 in Blitar City, Indonesia. The focus is seeing response from Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) and community elements consisting of Covid Task Force, Community Organizations (Ormas), Community / Community Volunteers, RT / RW, and other components in the Blitar City community. This study shows that social capital in Blitar City works well. There is mutual trust and strengthen cooperation between the government and the people to come out of the crisis together. The City Government has succeeded in showing good responsiveness accompanied by coordination and cross-stakeholder communication, increasing trust in the government, and that is the key to public compliance with social mobility restrictions and recommendations for obeying health protocols. Although this compliance is not followed by all people, at least in general social solidarity has been formed which is the main key in handling the Covid-19 crisis.
 
 Received: 15 July 2021 / Accepted: 7 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

The Class of Social Capital: A Case Study in Barpak Village Coping and Recovering Process after the Gorkha Earthquake 2015

Social capital is one most important attribution of a resilient community. It is manifested in a human relationship or network between the community member such as family, friends, relatives, neighbourhood, membership on a formal and informal group of society, colleague and so on. This article is about the role of Social Capital to cope at the time of Gorkha Earthquake 2015 in Barpak Village. The article is based on the primary data, which is collected through the interview with 28 ordinary people and a leader of Barpak Village after the Gorkha Earthquake 2015.
 In this article, I focused on a few key areas of social capital such as family, friendship and neighbourhood, people's involvement in the local level institution, job pattern or profession of a villager, social norm and value as responsibility for fellow community member, collective mobilization in the aftermath of the earthquake.
 In the Course of my research I found the reality that social capital also closely tied with economic capital. In the rescue and relief time social capital work for all villagers or community members. But when villagers started to rebuild their house, economic capital became a core of social capital.

Welfare States and the Health Impact of Social Capital: Focusing on the Crowding-Out and Crowding-In Perspectives

In recent decades, studies in various countries have found that social capital, such as social trust and civic participation, improves health. However, some studies have suggested that the influence of social capital on health may vary depending on welfare provisions because social policies may alter how social capital works. Therefore, this study adopts the crowding-out and the crowding-in perspectives to conduct an international comparative analysis to investigate whether welfare provisions affect the impacts of cognitive and structural social capital on self-rated health. This analysis uses the pooled data from the World Values Survey and cross-classified full models to examine the cross-level interaction effects of public social expenditures (PSE) and two types of social capital, specifically, social trust and civic participation, on self-rated health. The results of this study indicated that the cross-level interaction effects of PSE and the two types of social capital on self-rated health were positive and significant. These results suggested that welfare provisions may enhance the effect of social capital on health.

Social Work Organizations’ Role in the Social Capital Building in China: A Case Study Among Rural Migrant Workers in Xiamen

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are considered important actors in promoting social capital, social welfare, and social work organizations (SWOs) and are fast-developing in China. This research adopted a case study to look into SWOs’ (Social Work Organization’s) capacity to build social capital among rural migrant workers (RMWs) in Xiamen, China. It is found that SWOs’ capacity in linking social capital is still weak. Their capability in social networking and trust and norms building is over-shaped by the environmental factors. SWOs’ role in building social capital in China is social construction production. SWOs should reexamine their social development roles but not to be co-opted into the authoritative control system and play a major factor in social capital establishment standing for clients’ authentic development. It is suggested that SWOs should focus more on linking social capital (both structural and cognitive social capital) between vulnerable groups and other organizations, especially government departments and policymakers, and apply social capital into social work theory development with its context in China.

Building a Disaster-Resilient Community in Taiwan: A Social Capital Analysis of the Meizhou Experience

Resilience has always been key to successful disaster governance throughout the world. Local communities can play an important role in promoting disaster preparedness and executing front-line relief to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of both local and national disaster governance. This article addresses a unique case of how a flood-prone, rural, and ageing community in Yilan County, Taiwan, successfully mobilized its citizens for disaster preparedness. Through the lens of social capital analysis, this article unpacks how Bonding Social Capital, Bridging Social Capital, and Linking Social Capital work, by tracing the process through which awareness of disaster resilience was developed and practised in the Meizhou Community. Since 2012, Meizhou has been recognized as a model of disaster preparedness and relief in Taiwan, and in 2019 this recognition was extended to the wider Indo-Pacific region. We begin the discussion of this article by contextualizing social capital as a theoretical departure to the empirical analysis of the Meizhou experience. This is followed by an exploration of how Bonding Social Capital was able to consolidate the community, and how Bridging Social Capital can facilitate the collaboration among functional groups in and beyond the Meizhou locality, and to what extent Linking Social Capital can implement Meizhou’s experience on a national and even international scale. This article is based on a qualitative assessment of long-term fieldwork, interviews, and participatory observation conducted by the authors in the Meizhou community.

Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach

Growing evidence suggests that outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic are better handled in places where social capital is high. Less clear, however, are the channels through which social capital makes communities better able to respond to outbreaks. In this article I develop a multidimensional and multilevel approach that compares the potential dissimilar effects of social capital in different forms and at different levels. As social capital in different forms and at different levels can affect social outcomes through distinctive means, such an approach can help detect the processes underlying how social capital works. I illustrate this new approach by analyzing data from a survey I conducted in late April 2020 in China’s Hubei province as well as data from the most recent World Values Survey (WVS, 2016–2020). Results suggest that social capital affects COVID-19 response mainly through facilitating collective actions and promoting public acceptance of and compliance with control measures in the form of trust and norms at the individual level. Social capital can also help mobilize resources in the form of networks at the community level. In an authoritarian context, compliance with control measures relies more on people’s trust in their political institutions, less on trust in each other.