... the cooperative deals with them. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on primary data collected from a five-decade-old dairy cooperative society in central Gujarat, India. The study adopts social network methodology to analyse primary data. Findings The study concludes that there are fewer...

... about social networks, boundary objects and infrastructure the authors explore the opportunities and problems of such a project, stressing that it allows co-ordination between a wide variety of people and organizations that do not necessarily share common interests. Research limitations/implications...

... and quantitative literature review technique, i.e. bibliometric. Particularly, the authors used performance analysis and network analysis (intellectual and social network analysis). Findings Findings reveal the performance metrics, i.e. productivity and citation performance of various constituencies...

... by an environmental nonprofit to continue to lead the Young Farmers Program. A central question throughout my work was how programming could change to better resonate with students. Social networks Urban planning Urban agriculture Community engagement Participatory action research Community-based...

...Shyam Singh; Neha Christie Purpose Extant literature indicates that people use existing social networks for various collective activities as there is a cost involved to create and maintain separate networks for different activities. The authors build on the relational sociology framework and test...

...Ka Yi Fung Purpose This paper attempts to discover whether or not social networks work in the same way in different sectors of the labour market in the same society, using data from the 2008 Asian Social Survey. Labour markets in some societies are segmented; there are two segments in the labour...

... as an individual asset understands social capital as an additional pool of resources embedded in the social networks of individuals. Ronald Burt (1992) , for example, emphasizes that through relations with colleagues, friends and other contacts, actors get opportunities to transform their financial and human...

...Ka Yi Fung Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ask whether or not social networks can compensate for the disadvantages of being part of an unprivileged group in the job attainment process in urban China, using the 2008 China General Social Survey. Design/methodology/approach The author...

... Portes and Landolt (2000 , p. 532), this paper argues that social capital is most coherently conceptualised as “the ability to secure resources by virtue of membership in social networks or larger social structures”. Of the early social capital theorists, this is closest to Bourdieu’s position...

... contribution to the literature by articulating new directions for future research in the area. Social capital Social networks Inequality Social dynamics Social capital has been at the heart of many influential agendas in the social sciences, where it has flourished in a multitude of directions...

...Kaberi Gayen; Robert Raeside; Ronald McQuaid The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of social networks, and the social capital embedded in them, to secure employment if someone had become unemployed after the age of 50 years and to reveal the process of accessing...

...Roger Patulny; Gaby Ramia; Zhuqin Feng; Michelle Peterie; Greg Marston This paper examines the relationship between social networks of differing tie strength and closeness, and varying indicators of employment quality, including being unemployed or discouraged in work, good working conditions...

... in which they are embedded. The paper aims to discuss this issue. By combining methods of social networks and spatial analysis, this study provides insights into the embeddedness of networks in gender norms. The authors conduct the study in the context of reproductive health networks in rural...

... at their return to – a fulltime – job should consider individual social network factors besides psychological and human capital factors. The purpose of this paper is to investigate welfare recipients’ job search behaviour, in particular how individual social capital is distributed, and whether it is related...

... will add this typology to the former, labelling it the “amplified Anttonen and Sipilä model”. This amplified model has been successfully used in previous studies (van Oorschot and Arts, 2005 ; Kääriäinen and Lehtonen, 2006). Retirement Social networks Family Support networks Family networks...

..., low‐income mothers often turn to their social network for support. Treated as private safety nets, research shows that relatives, friends, and neighbors help low‐income mothers supplement their income (Edin and Lein, 1997 ; Harknett, 2006), take them into their households when they cannot afford rent...

...Kaberi Gayen; Ronald McQuaid; Robert Raeside Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association of social networks with being in work, contrasting those under age 50 with those over 50 years. Design/methodology/approach A case study is undertaken of a local labour market...

... the various aspects of: (1) social networks: relations within and between families and friends (informal sociability), involvement in community and organizational life (e.g. volunteering), and public engagement (e.g. voting); (2) social norms: shared civic values, norms...

... Social networks Decision making Government policy England Over the past decade, some of the most challenging and innovative aspects of New Labour's policy agenda have arisen in the spheres of social enterprise and regional development. This paper seeks to explore these challenges by focusing...

... – and thus in conflict to the central logic of the commodification thesis – this non‐commodified sphere is both significant and growing in (many) advanced economies. Social networks Economic sectors Social economics Community behaviour United Kingdom For each task the interviewee was asked...