Definitions of Social Capital - Social Capital Research

The commonalities of most definitions of social capital are that they focus on social relations that have productive benefits. The variety of definitions identified in the literature stem from the highly context specific nature of social capital and the complexity of its conceptualization and operationalization.

Social capital does not have a clear, undisputed meaning, for substantive and...

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The role of networks in organizational change | McKinsey ...

The role of networks in organizational change

By Robert L. Cross, Salvatore Parise, and Leigh M. Weiss

The role of networks in organizational change

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Companies shouldn't focus so much on formal structures that they ignore the informal ones.

A few years ago, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of office products decided that it needed an...

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