The Organizational Embeddedness of Social Capital: A Comparative Case Study of Two Voluntary Organizations. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tacon, Richard
• Is Part Of: Journal of economic issues. Volume 50:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 23
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: embeddedness -- social capital -- social identity -- voluntary organizations; L3 -- Z13 -- Z20; Economics -- Periodicals; Economics; Économie politique -- Périodiques; Economie; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC POLICY; Periodicals; 330.05
• DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2016.1147298
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-3624

Abstract

Abstract: Social capital is a popular, but contested concept. It draws attention to the way in which social relations and constructed forms of social organization can produce outcomes on individual and collective levels. However, it is often founded on individualistic, rational-choice models of human behavior that neglect its embeddedness. I explore the embeddedness of social capital through a comparative case study of two voluntary sport organizations in the UK. Through close analysis of in-depth interviews and longitudinal observation, I look at the processes of social capital development and the way socio-organizational context and identity shape these processes.