This chapter discusses two network structures that have been argued to create social
capital. The closure argument is that social capital is created by a network of strongly …

▪ Abstract This chapter surveys sociological approaches to the study of job authority,
including theoretical foundations, measurement, and emergence as an important dimension …

How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and
organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines …

Some people enjoy higher incomes than others. Some are promoted faster. Some are
leaders on more important projects. The human capital explanation is that inequality results …

I present argument and evidence for a structural ecology of social capital that describes how
the value of social capital to an individual is contingent on the number of people doing the …

Social Capital, the advantage created by location in social structure, is a critical element in
business strategy. Who has it, how it works, and how to develop it have become key …

Legitimacy affects returns to social capital. I begin with the network structure of social capital,
explaining the information and control benefits of structural holes. The holes in a network are …

Recombinant property is a form of organizational hedging in which actors respond to
uncertainty by deversifying assets, redefining and recombining resources. It is an attempt to …

This chapter–drawn in large part from lengthy review elsewhere of argument and evidence
on social capital (Burt, 2000)–is about current work on the social capital of structural holes. I …

As a guide to selecting name generators for social capital research, I use network data on a
probability sample of heterogeneous senior managers to describe how they sort relations …