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  • 1.  social capital scale

    Posted 02-19-2008 12:20

    Dear Colleagues,

    I am searching for a scale to assess social capital in an employee survey. I am aware that most studies do sociomatrixes or some sort of net work analyses, but this is not applicable in our sample. I am looking for a typical 1-5 Likert-type scale. Does anyone know such a scale?

    Thank you,
    Jochen


    Jochen Menges
    Institute for Leadership and HR Management
    University of  St. Gallen
    Dufourstrasse 40 A
    9000 St. Gallen
    Switzerland

    Phone +41 71 224 31 83
    Fax +41 71 224 23 74


  • 2.  social capital scale

    Posted 02-20-2008 04:43

    Hello Jochen,

    What we have discovered is that there are several streams of research that are loosely coupled together and called social capital research, and one of these streams revolves around networks. Can you specify more clearly what it is you seek?

    Regards,

    Roger C. Mayer

     

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    Dear Colleagues,

    I am searching for a scale to assess social capital in an employee survey. I am aware that most studies do sociomatrixes or some sort of net work analyses, but this is not applicable in our sample. I am looking for a typical 1-5 Likert-type scale. Does anyone know such a scale?

    Thank you,
    Jochen


    Jochen Menges
    Institute for Leadership and HR Management
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of  <st1:placename w:st="on">St. Gallen</st1:placename></st1:place>
    Dufourstrasse 40 A
    9000 <st1:place w:st="on">St.</st1:place> Gallen
    <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:place></st1:country-region>

    Phone +41 71 224 31 83
    Fax +41 71 224 23 74



  • 3.  social capital scale

    Posted 02-21-2008 10:51
    Hi Jochen,

    You might want to have a look at McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Brashears (2006), Social isolation in America, American Sociological Review 71, 353-375.  They report on the General Social Survey, which gathered self-reported data about the number and strength of ties with others using a 'name-generator' procedure.  These are not true network data like you might find in Burt, and they're admittedly less appropriate for measuring purely instrumental relationships.  That said, they're a pretty good way of getting at what the authors call a measurement of "ego-centered networks -- relationships from the point of view of a single person."

    Here's the link to the article via Ingenta:  http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/asr/2006/00000071/00000003/art00001

    I hope that is helpful.

    All the best,

    Lukas




    On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Jochen Menges <jochen.menges@unisg.ch> wrote:

    Hello Roger,

    thank you for your response. I'd be highly interested to learn more about the different forms of social capital.

    We would like to assess social capital as an antecedent variable in a large sample of organizations. We follow the notion of Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998, AMR) that social capital constitutes the resources embedded within, available through, and derived from a network of relationships. Apparently, most research in that vein conducts network analyses in which the number of ties between people sums up to the amount of social capital. Our sample is far too big to conduct such analyses, therefore we have to depend on self-ratings of social capital provided by employees or key informants such as CEOs or HR executives. I have not found a proper scale for such a self assessment, though. To my knowledge, only Youndt and colleagues provide such a scale (e.g.,  Subramaniam & Youndt, 2005, AMJ), but their scale is targeted towards knowledge sharing and is therefore too specific to simply assess the resources drawn from the network of relationships.

    Cheers,
    Jochen


    Jochen Menges
    Institute for Leadership and HR Management
    University of  St. Gallen
    Dufourstrasse 40 A
    9000 St. Gallen
    Switzerland

    Phone +41 71 224 31 83
    Fax +41 71 224 23 74
    E-Mail jochen.menges@unisg.ch




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    Hello Jochen,
    What we have discovered is that there are several streams of research that are loosely coupled together and called social capital research, and one of these streams revolves around networks. Can you specify more clearly what it is you seek?
    Regards,
    Roger C. Mayer
     


    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Jochen Menges
    Sent:     Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:20 PM
    To:     OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject:     social capital scale
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I am searching for a scale to assess social capital in an employee survey. I am aware that most studies do sociomatrixes or some sort of net work analyses, but this is not applicable in our sample. I am looking for a typical 1-5 Likert-type scale. Does anyone know such a scale?

    Thank you,
    Jochen


    Jochen Menges
    Institute for Leadership and HR Management
    University of  St. Gallen
    Dufourstrasse 40 A
    9000 St. Gallen
    Switzerland

    Phone +41 71 224 31 83
    Fax +41 71 224 23 74



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    Ph.D. Student, Organizational Behaviour
    Queen's School of Business
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    (613) 331-0196


  • 4.  social capital scale

    Posted 02-21-2008 17:01
    Jochen,

    Below are some articles you might find interesting. I also have a
    manuscript where I map out the different strains of the social capital
    literature and compare and contrast overlaps with the culture
    literature, if you are interested. I can send it.

    Best,

    Ryan

    Dess, G. G. & Shaw, J. D. (2001). Note: Voluntary turnover, social
    capital, and organizational performance. Academy of Management Review,
    26(3), 446-456.

    Grootaert, C. (2004). Measuring social capital: An integrated
    questionnaire. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.

    Leana, C.R. & Van Buren, H.J. (1999). Organizational social capital and
    employment practices. Academy of Management Review, 24(3), 538-555.

    Leana, C. R. & Pil, F. K. (2006). Social capital and organizational
    performance: Evidence from urban public schools. Organization Science,
    17(3), 353-366.

    Onyk, J. & Bullen, P. (2000). Measuring social capital in five
    communities. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 36(1), 23-42.







    Quoting Jochen Menges <jochen.menges@UNISG.CH>:

    > Dear Colleagues,
    >
    > I am searching for a scale to assess social capital in an employee survey.
    > I am aware that most studies do sociomatrixes or some sort of net work
    > analyses, but this is not applicable in our sample. I am looking for a
    > typical 1-5 Likert-type scale. Does anyone know such a scale?
    >
    > Thank you,
    > Jochen
    >
    >
    > Jochen Menges
    > Institute for Leadership and HR Management
    > University of St. Gallen
    > Dufourstrasse 40 A
    > 9000 St. Gallen
    > Switzerland
    >
    > Phone +41 71 224 31 83
    > Fax +41 71 224 23 74
    >