Social Capital : Theory and Research

Preface vii Part I. Social Capital: Networks and Embedded Resources Building a Network Theory of Social Capital 3(28) Nan Lin Structural Holes versus Network Closure as Social Capital 31(26) Ronald S. Burt The Position Generator: Measurement Techniques for Investigations of Social Capital 57(28) Nan Lin Yang-chih Fu Ray-May Hsung Part II. Social Capital in the Labor Market How Much Is That Network Worth? Social Capital in Employee Referral Networks 85(20) Roberto M. Fernandez Emilio J. Castilla Interpersonal Ties, Social Capital, and Employer Staffing Practices 105(22) Peter V. Marsden Good Networks and Good Jobs: The Value of Social Capital to Employers and Employees 127(32) Bonnie H. Erickson Getting Started: The Influence of Social Capital on the Start of the Occupational Career 159(26) Henk Flap Ed Boxman Part III. Social Capital in Organizational, Community, and Institutional Settings Social Capital as Social Mechanisms and Collective Assets: The Example of Status Auctions among Colleagues 185(24) Emmanuel Lazega Phillipa E. Pattison Social Networks and Social Capital in Extreme Environments 209(24) Jeanne S. Hurlbert John J. Beggs Valerie A. Haines Network Capital in a Multilevel World: Getting Support from Personal Communities 233(42) Barry Wellman Kenneth Frank Guanxi Capital and Social Eating in Chinese Cities: Theoretical Models and Empirical Analyses 275(22) Yanjie Bian Change and Stability in Social Network Resources: The Case of Hungary under Transformation 297(28) Robert Angelusz Robert Tardos Index 325