Social Capital
by Y. Connie YuanEstimated delivery 3-12 business days
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Description This work examines group transactive memory(TM) systems from a multilevel, network perspective.Based on the emergence framework proposed byKozloswski and Klein, this work reframes TM theory byproviding a clearer articulation of the basiccomponents and fundamental micro-level processes thatlead to the development of TM at the macro level.Building on previous social capital (SC) research,the work also proposes a multilevel,multi-theoretical network framework to study howproperties of resource exchange networks shape thedevelopment of TM systems at both individual andcollective levels. At the individual level ofanalysis, Burt's structural hole theory,Granovettor's strength of weak ties theory,Krackhardt's strength of strong ties theory, andLin's social resources theory are utilized to examinehow individual SC shapes the development ofindividual expertise directories. At the collectivelevel, Coleman's network closure theory is used toanalyze the impact of collective SC on thedevelopment of TM systems at the macro level. Thiswork also reports results from field researchsupported in part by the National Science Foundation(NSF-IIS 9980109) of the U.S.
