On a Source of Social Capital: Gift Exchange Export

@article{citeulike:3796839, abstract = {Abstract\ \ The concept of social capital helps to explain relations within and between companies but has not crystallized yet. As such, the nature, development, and effects of such relations remain elusive. How is social capital created, how is it put to use, and how is it maintained? Can it decline, and if so, how? We argue that the concept of social capital remains a black box as the mechanisms that constitute it remain underdeveloped and that it is a black hole as many empirical phenomena are attributed to its presence. We use and develop the literature on gift exchange to provide a firmer theoretical basis for the concept of social capital.}, author = {Dolfsma, Wilfred and van der Eijk, Rene and Jolink, Albert}, citeulike-article-id = {3796839}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-0002-z}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/3n44966l30831355}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10551-008-0002-z}, journal = {Journal of Business Ethics}, keywords = {administration, capital, gift, gift\_exchange, social}, month = {October}, number = {3}, pages = {315--329}, posted-at = {2009-10-21 12:56:12}, priority = {4}, title = {On a Source of Social Capital: Gift Exchange}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-0002-z}, volume = {89}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3796839 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3796839 N2 - Abstract  The concept of social capital helps to explain relations within and between companies but has not crystallized yet. As such, the nature, development, and effects of such relations remain elusive. How is social capital created, how is it put to use, and how is it maintained? Can it decline, and if so, how? We argue that the concept of social capital remains a black box as the mechanisms that constitute it remain underdeveloped and that it is a black hole as many empirical phenomena are attributed to its presence. We use and develop the literature on gift exchange to provide a firmer theoretical basis for the concept of social capital. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Business Ethics EP - 329 TI - On a Source of Social Capital: Gift Exchange VL - 89 SP - 315 KW - administration KW - capital KW - gift KW - gift_exchange KW - social AU - Dolfsma, Wilfred AU - van der Eijk, Rene AU - Jolink, Albert PY - 2009/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-0002-z ER -