Social capital resources and network embeddedness: An egonet approach

View/ Open
Author(s)
Alexander, Malcolm
Chamberlain, Dan
Hollows, Kerrilee
Laughton, Karen
Pitman, Cynthia
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2008
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Social capital is accessed through social networks. This paper proposes a method for studying the links between social capital and personal networks at the individual level. We describe a social capital resource (SCR) name generator method that utilizes the substantive domains of social capital resources as the basis of a multiple question name generator strategy for a social network analysis, egonet methodology. We demonstrate how this new method generates social capital profiles and measures of network size and multistrandedness that allow comparisons of cases or from cases to population means. We report some initial ...
View more >Social capital is accessed through social networks. This paper proposes a method for studying the links between social capital and personal networks at the individual level. We describe a social capital resource (SCR) name generator method that utilizes the substantive domains of social capital resources as the basis of a multiple question name generator strategy for a social network analysis, egonet methodology. We demonstrate how this new method generates social capital profiles and measures of network size and multistrandedness that allow comparisons of cases or from cases to population means. We report some initial findings of differences in the variability of social capital profiles and personal network measures between cohorts of younger and older respondents.
View less >
View more >Social capital is accessed through social networks. This paper proposes a method for studying the links between social capital and personal networks at the individual level. We describe a social capital resource (SCR) name generator method that utilizes the substantive domains of social capital resources as the basis of a multiple question name generator strategy for a social network analysis, egonet methodology. We demonstrate how this new method generates social capital profiles and measures of network size and multistrandedness that allow comparisons of cases or from cases to population means. We report some initial findings of differences in the variability of social capital profiles and personal network measures between cohorts of younger and older respondents.
View less >
Conference Title
The annual conference of The Australian Sociological Association 2008
Publisher URI
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2008. The attached file is reproduced here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to TASA website or contact the authors.
Subject
Social Change
Sociological Methodology and Research Methods