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Tables of Contents for Social Capital
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
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